NY: Couple saved from monkey attack by Terrible Towel

The guy in the photo here is George Frantti, 64, from Clifton Park, New York. Along with wife Ann, he took a 10-month journey last year to 13 countries on five continents, posing with a Steelers Terrible Towel at every stop. (Here he is in front of Big Ben in London, natch). But while in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, the couple was accosted by a gang of dangerous monkeys. But not to worry; Ann had a secret weapon.

“There were monkeys everywhere and they were pretty aggressive,” Ann said. “I had the Steelers towel with me and I thought ‘These things are going to bite us,’ so I started to wave the Steelers towel at it.”
The move did the trick — the monkeys backed off, though Ann said she was unsure if George had yet forgiven her for risking the “Terrible Towel.”

Nice, George. You schmuck.
It is also widely known by zoologists that hyenas are repelled by New Orleans Saints jerseys, and lions are afraid of photos of Matt Millen.
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