SUMMARY

• A monkey entered a liquor shop in Ranchi, Jharkhand, and grabbed a bottle of vodka.

• The animal drank around half the bottle before becoming drowsy and falling asleep.

• Workers said the monkey had previously been seen licking leftover alcohol from discarded bottles nearby.

India: A monkey in Ranchi, India, gave liquor shop workers an unexpected problem after reportedly stealing a bottle of vodka, drinking part of it and falling asleep among stacks of alcohol.

The unusual incident happened at a liquor shop in Ormanjhi Chowk, Ranchi, in Jharkhand. Several workers were inside when the monkey reportedly wandered into the shop.

Biscuits Failed To Distract The Monkey

According to NDTV, the workers first tried to get the animal to leave. They also offered it biscuits in an attempt to distract it and move it away from the shop.

The plan did not work.

Instead, the monkey reportedly grabbed a bottle of vodka. It smashed the bottle and began drinking the alcohol.

After consuming around half of the bottle, the monkey appeared to become increasingly weak and sleepy. It eventually climbed onto boxes containing alcoholic drinks, lay down and fell asleep.

People at the scene were reportedly surprised by what they saw. People at the shop reportedly pulled out their phones to film the monkey, and the clips later made their way onto social media. The workers simply carried on with their jobs while the monkey slept on the drink boxes.

Monkey Had Been Seen Around Liquor Bottles

The incident was reportedly not the monkey’s first encounter with alcohol.

According to reports, the animal had been spotted several times in the days before the incident licking leftover alcohol from discarded liquor bottles in the area.

This time, however, it went a step further by entering the liquor shop and taking a bottle for itself.

After drinking from it, the monkey remained asleep for what was described as quite some time. The ...