While at Cape Point today, I read the signs about not feeding the Baboons because they are violent, wild animals. I was hungry from the drive, so I grabbed a Coke and bag of Dorritos from the kiosk before the long walk up the hill to the lighthouse. A large baboon either spotted the bag, or smelled the deliciousness of the Dorritos and came running across the parking lot at me.
The security guard helped fend off the first attack, I chased him away a second time, but he came back a third time and was not gonna leave. I had actually finished the bag and was just trying to throw it in the trash, but he wouldn't give up. A crowd had now gathered to watch my antics, as I was being too polite to the Baboon. The crowd finally made enough noise to get some space so I could drop the now empty bag into the trash. No one, man or ape, gets my Dorritos.
I swear the look in that Baboons eyes spoke to me. I believe he said, "you know of course, that Planet of the Apes is your future!"
