Aussie family attacked by monkeys at popular beach in Thailand

Aussie family attacked by monkeys at popular beach in Thailand
A troop of monkeys has swarmed and attacked an Australian household having fun with a day at a packed Thailand seashore.

YouTube influencers Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu have made social media fame by crusing all over the world with their two kids Darwin and Lenny – nevertheless it hasn’t all been clean crusing.

In their most up-to-date video, the household was exploring Monkey Beach in Ko Phi Phi Don in Thailand.

Aussie family attacked by monkeys at Monkey Beach in Thailand.
Riley Whitelum was together with his two kids when the monkeys turned aggressive. (Sailing La Vagabonde/Youtube)
Aussie family attacked by monkeys at Monkey Beach in Thailand.
He pulled his kids away from the monkeys on the seashore. (Sailing La Vagabonde/Youtube)

Whitelum reveals his sons the monkeys earlier than the animals attempt to rifle by means of their luggage, which sparks the 38-year-old to attempt to shoo them.

However, this is not profitable and the monkeys grow to be aggressive and begin shrieking and attempting to chunk the household.

Eventually the group scare away the monkeys to gather their belongings however not with out some injury.

“I’m not kidding babe, they went for Darwin,” Whitelum tells Carausu.

“Lenny literally said ‘is it going to get me’ and I said ‘no mate, no’ and then they just went for Darwin.

“I’m actually glad the boys did not get bitten.”

One of the friends travelling with the family remarks it’s lucky the boys weren’t bitten as it could have “scared him for all times”.

Aussie family attacked by monkeys at Monkey Beach in Thailand.
The monkeys also tried to rifle through their bags, which didn’t contain food. (Sailing La Vagabonde/Youtube)
Aussie family attacked by monkeys at Monkey Beach in Thailand.
Whitelum suffered a monkey bite to his finger. (Sailing La Vagabonde/Youtube)

The family didn’t escape completely harm-free, Whitelum suffered a bite to the finger and had to receive multiple rabies shots.

“I have to have 5 or extra needles in my wound then 4 photographs over 20 days,” he said.

In the video, Whitelum passed out while receiving the enormous number of shots.

While the family was at the hospital staff told them monkey bites are a regular occurrence with one or two patients presenting per day.

Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu and children Darwin and Lenny operate Youtube channel Sailing la Vagabonde.
Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu and their children Darwin and Lenny. (Riley Whitelum/Instagram)

Carausu said the family was unaware the monkeys could be so aggressive while spending time at the picturesque Thai beach.

“Had we identified this seashore was infamous for monkey assaults, we would not have gone,” she said in the video.

Whitelum and Carausu have more than 1.82 million subscribers on their “Sailing La Vagabonde” YouTube and plan to circumnavigate the globe by sailboat after first starting with no experience.

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Source: www.9news.com.au