Holidaymaker had to spend £600 on rabies shots after playing with monkeys

Holidaymaker had to spend £600 on rabies shots after playing with monkeys

A tourist was left shaking in fear that he'd got deadly rabies on his dream holiday in Thailand after playing with wild monkeys that bit him. James Fitzpatrick went island hopping around Thailand with his girlfriend for a month and they decided to visit Monkey Hill in Phuket.

While the 27-year-old was sitting down two baby monkeys began playing on his head before a 'big monkey' started licking his left shoulder like a 'friendly dog'. However, he was shocked when the primate suddenly took a bite out of him.

The carpenter then panicked'that he might have caught rabies - which is deadly if not treated early - so rushed to hospital to have a double dosage shot within an hour. Rabies is an infection usually caught from