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Topic: anybody see oprah yesterday? so disturbing

It was about a woman who got attacked by a 200 pound chimp. The animal ripped her to pieces ripping her face and hands off and she survived and she's totally disfigured. It was so sad. I had nightmares last night. It bothered me. I felt so bad for her.

She was watching a friend's pet chimp and it got loose. When the friend arrived she saw the horror of the animal attacking her friend. Personally I would have got a gun and shot the animal attacking her or stabbed it. Maybe it would have saved some damage?

Her face was so disfigured. She had no eyes. She lifted her veil for Oprah. One of the worst things I have ever seen in my life.

Chimps should be nobody's pets in their homes. They are wild animals and belong in zoos or in it's natural enviornment.

Anyone see Oprah yestarday?

She mentioned something about tabloids having a bounty for a picture of her face, and she wanted to do it on Oprah, on her terms, and so they wouldn't get the money...

And for warning people about the dangers of exotics as pets...

it was very disturbing to see. 

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Okay, never mind about Oprah. I know she didn't exploit her. I just don't like Oprah. /CG

I'm so tired of stupid blondes who criticize Oprah. If you don't like Oprah then start your own show.

X, whoever you are no need for the negativity here. I certainly hope the doctors can reconstruct her face and give her hands. It just may be too soon for them to do anything just yet. It looked like some of the wounds weren't healed yet. I just feel so bad for that woman. Like I said below that animal had no buisness as a pet in somebody's home. Those animals belong in the wild or in zoos. The same reason one should never have a pet tiger, just too dangerous.

X, I'm so tired of stupid trolls who don't have the b@lls to ID themselves. Why don't you get off this board and go back to middle school where you belong. And for the record, I'm not a blonde.

I picture Cinnamon Girl as a redhead...and not stupid for sure. eom/Soapness

CG has very long pretty hair. It's reddish blonde.

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Posted by: Hillary
Date posted: Fri Nov 13 14:11:44 2009
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Oprah clearly exploited this poor woman, all in the name of ratings and money. Oprah doesn't care about the person she is interviewing, she cares about sensationalism and getting her name anywhere and everywhere.  The woman said early in the interview that she wears a veil because she does not want others to see her face. So what does Orca do? She pursuades this poor woman to take it off.  Why? So people will remember that this woman was on HER show. I never have Oprah in my home, but I was in a nail salon, and they had their TV tuned to it, otherwise I would never have watched it. And in fact I avoided most of it by looking elsewhere.

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You are being unfair because this woman said that she wanted to show her face on her own terms. Obviously, you weren't listening or paying attention. If you want to criticize Oprah, then at least you should have the decency to pay attention to what is being said. They had to post a guard at the hospital because of the cruel people who wanted to get a picture for the tabloids.

I felt Oprah did a decent of enough job to not exploit the woman. The interview was done in the privacy of her own home not in front of an audience for people to stare at her. Oprah seemed very respectful. The woman trusted Oprah to tell her story and show her face one her show. It was the woman who wanted Oprah to be the first one to see her face and to represent her story.

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Posted by: Vivian
Date posted: Thu Nov 12 21:48:02 2009
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I didn’t watch Oprah but they showed it on some news show.  It was awful.  I would think they are going to try to reconstruct her face.  Did they say anything about it?  Or also they could transplant a new face on her like they did with a couple other people.  I think I remember when that happened. 

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They were going to give her a face transplant.

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Posted by: Shea
Date posted: Thu Nov 12 20:23:04 2009
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I didn't see it.  I had my own chimp incident many years ago, and I don't really like to think about it too much.  Chimpanzees are adorable when they are little, but once they reach puberty they are nasty, manipulative, and definitely not an animal you should treat as a pet. 

 

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Did you get attacked by a chimp? / Vivian

The thing is, she had been attacked by that chimp before and was afraid of it. I can't understand why she would be alone with it, a creature she was so afraid of. It's a sad sad situation. It did bother me to hear about it.

Then she truly was crazy to go anywhere near this animal. Vivian, when my daughter was a toddler we heard there was one of those places nearby where they take in former circus animals. In this case, it was chimps. We thought we'd take her to see the 'silly monkeys' (subject of one of her favorite baby books). The chimps were older and in cages. One kept beckoning me over with his hand and these sad eyes and plaintive little sounds. It appeared very needy and sweet and just wanting some human interaction. When I got within arm's reach of the creature he suddenly lunged for my wrist and started pulling my hand towards his now open jaws. He looked truly evil. It took all my strength and my husband pulling on me with his free hand (he was holding the baby) to get me loose before my hand reached the thing's mouth. I came within a couple of inches of who knows what damage. I've been terrified of chimps ever since. Needless to say, my daughter's not crazy about them either.

OMG Shea, how scary! Thank God you were able to get away from it. One time I was with my co-workers on our lunch hour. We went to see a tiger that was kept in a pen on someone’s estate. When the keeper started to feed it, it got loose and was running all over the property as fast as it could. You never saw people screaming and scrambling so fast to get back into our car. I really thought for sure one of us was going to get caught by it. Some way the people working there were able to get it back into its pen. But I never went back to that place ever again. / Vivian

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Posted by: Holly
Date posted: Thu Nov 12 19:22:54 2009
Message:
I watched part of Oprah but turned off the t.v before she showed her face.

We live in a society where people are judged by their looks. You can have a pure soul inside but people judge you by the outside.

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I know it's a shame. I can't even begin to imagine what this is doing to her.

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Posted by: PhoenixTamer
Date posted: Thu Nov 12 16:43:32 2009
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This is a Horrible, Horrible Thing, B.

Unfortunately, it happens. Same things happened a couple years ago in California, in Bakersfield. It became known as ''The Bakersfield Chimp Episode''

And then that Wizard Guy that got eaten by his pet tiger at the circus - and also that crazy alligator guy that died because he got eaten by an alligator.

There was a recent story about a baby getting killed by a pet snake somewhere.

I love animals. I have Yellow Lab Puppy named Gracie who is my Angel.

But dogs and cats are different...Man wasn't meant to fool around with WILD Animals imo.

Chris

 

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Chris, actually dogs and cats are not different. If you are a real animal lover you would know that any animal can behave by their true nature. This is why as pet owners you take responsibility for the action of your pets. This is why some families abandon cats when a new born arrives. Cats and dogs have been know to behave dangerously; if not by their nature then by jealousy. I love my dog, but always take caution when he is around young children and strangers. Oliver is a sweetie; I consider him my 3rd son and a member of my family, but he is still a dog. izi

i am Too a 'real' animal lover :( ... - chris

That was my whole point in that people have no buisness messing with wild animals. They are certainly nobody's household pets. There should be very strict laws against that. I know there are laws but it doesn't seem too strict. That woman had no buisness whatsover to keep that wild animal in her home.

you and i agree ONE MILLION Percent on this one, B ... - chris

Chris, I wasn't saying you aren't an animal lover but anyone who owns a pet needs to know that all animals have their limitations. Holly I agree, that woman should never have been allowed to keep the Chimp as a pet. izi

Thanks for that, izi - chris

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Posted by: Allys Mom
Date posted: Thu Nov 12 14:44:52 2009
Message:

I didn't see it on TV, but I did see it on-line and it had some still pictures of the woman on Oprah.  I have never seen anything like it in my life!  it seems to me that with the advances in plastic surgery that they could have at least made her face look like a real face instead of like it looks! I feel so absolutely horrible for this poor woman!  They had to take out her eyes so she will never see again, but I really wish they could help her a little more!  She is lucky to be alive, that is something good at least.  Poor, poor woman.  Sometimes things happen to us and we wonder why....can you imagine how she must feel??  This is one of the most terrible things I think I've heard about in a very long time......so tragic........

~Ally & Ashleys Mom

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I was thinking the same thing about the surgery. Maybe in the future they will be able to do something. She still looks pretty raw. shebee

I can't begin to imagine how she must feel. The physical pain alone must be awful -- all those damaged nerve endings -- and then to be completely blind on top of that. At least she has no memory of the incident, that's a blessing. ~i&b

She said she would eventually be getting a face transplant and has become friends with the woman who had the first American face transplant after her husband shot her../Ulalume

I certainly wish her good luck with the face transplant. I think she was getting artifiical hands as well.

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Posted by: mrskool
Date posted: Thu Nov 12 14:38:57 2009
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I record her show daily and will watch if i like the topic - i wasnt sure about this one but my mom watched and told me to check it out...  I kept waiting for Oprah to ask her how she felt about her ex boss/friend but i guess it was part of the deal to withhold any questions about it probably because of the pending lawsuit.

I remember another Oprah show where she interviewed a woman whose boyfriend shot her in the face.  I am always amazed at the incredible resiliency of the human being.  You would think this woman would be full of hate and vengence after what happened and yet she is very down to earth and at peace with herself.  I found this to be true with many other victims of horrible circumstances.  A friend of mine was badly injured as a passenger in a terrible car crash where her boyfriend was driving drunk and i thought she'd hate him for it but she holds no grudge and to this day is one of the most optimistic people i know.

 

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I saw that one about that woman who's boyfriend shot her in the face. Made me sick!

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Posted by: W.E.
Date posted: Thu Nov 12 14:04:26 2009
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I chose not to watch having seen the reports for weeks after it happened. The owner of the chimp did try to save her friend but was also guilty of giving him a drug that had this bad effect.

I caught a glimpse of the poor lady and knew I couldn't watch.

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The owner at first claimed she had given the chimp Xanax but once she realized that would be evidence that she had prior knowledge of possible behavioral problems, she changed her story. You really can't blame the animal in this case, it's all on the owner. ~i&b

Chimps don't belong in people's homes as pets. I blame the owner all the way. This chimp had attacked before. In extreme cases like this one it would hace been perfectly acceptable to shoot that animal while it was attacking. That might have saved some damage.

I honestly just felt sick about the whole thing. I hadn't heard of the story before so it came as a total shock. Every so often I see something on T.V that really upsets me.

W.E. I didn't watch either but I knew all about this when it happened a few months back. I heard the 911 tapes and saw the interview with the chimps owner. I really didn't want to see the woman but I am curious about how she feels today. From what I understood, she cared for her friend and the chimp. A horrible story. izi

I chose not to watch - just too chicken. My imagination got the best of me and, from what I've read, this woman's situation is far worse than I thought. MM

I actually had no idea this would be on. I usually watch Opera at night. Truely one of the most shocking and sad storys I have ever heard.

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Posted by: Angela
Date posted: Thu Nov 12 14:01:06 2009
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yes, I did. My heart goes to this woman and her family. She has been through so much.  What a remarkable person she is.

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My heart goes out to her as well. I hope she gets better somehow.

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