https://theworldwatch.com/tags/horrific/ Tue 22 Sep 2026 07:27:43 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1619935/travis-the-chimp-terrifying-911-call/
The Harrowing Story Of Travis The Chimp’s Attack That Left A Woman Without A Face By Jessica OConnor | Edited By Maggie Donahue Published January 8, 2026 Updated July 8, 2026 Travis was a beloved animal actor and a local fixture in his Connecticut town — until he viciously attacked his owner’s friend Charla Nash in 2009 and nearly ripped her face off. On February 16, 2009, tragedy struck when Travis the Chimp, a chimpanzee who had gained national celebrity over the years, viciously attacked his owner’s close friend, Charla Nash. Travis’ behavior had become increasingly erratic, and the attack left Nash severely disfigured and Travis dead. Travis The Chimp’s Early Years Travis The Chimp was born at what’s now called the Missouri Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Festus, Missouri, on Oct. 21, 1995. He was taken from his mother, Suzy, when he was 3 days old and was sold to Jerome and Sandra Herold for $50,000. Suzy was later killed after she escaped from the sanctuary. Travis — named after country music star Travis Tritt — lived in the Herolds’ home in Stamford, Connecticut. He became something of a local celebrity, going everywhere with the couple and often accompanying them to work. Today, Nash continues to heal from the attack, and conversations around the ownership of exotic animals have only gained more traction following the shocking attack.Raised alongside humans, Travis paid close attention to the directions the Herolds gave him. Their neighbor once told them, “He listened better than my nephews.” Travis, in many ways, was like their child. He dressed himself, did chores, ate meals with the family, used a computer, and knew all the times that local ice cream trucks made their rounds. It was said that he was also a big fan of baseball. Travis and the Herolds had many good years together, but soon tragedy struck and Travis struggled to understand. Six years later, Travis made national headlines when he attacked Sandra Herold’s friend, Charla Nash, after a seemingly normal encounter. Travis The Chimp’s Gruesome Attack On Charla Nash Charla Nash was a frequent visitor to Herold’s home as the pair had been friends for many years. On Feb. 16, 2009, she was visiting the duo when Travis escaped the house with Herold’s car keys. In an attempt to lure him back into the house, Nash held out his favorite toy — a Tickle Me Elmo doll. Though Travis the Chimp recognized the doll, Nash had recently changed her hair which may have confused and scared him. He attacked her outside the home, and Sandra Herold had to intervene. In 2000, the Herolds’ only child was killed in a car accident. Four years later Jerome Herold lost his battle with cancer. Sandra Herold used Travis as a comfort for her losses and began pampering him. The pair ate all their meals together, bathed together, and slept together every night. Travis began having fits of erratic behavior just before Jerome died. In October 2003, he escaped their car and ran loose in Stamford for a period of time after someone threw trash at him through the car’s window. The incident was the force behind the state’s passage of a law limiting primates to 50 pounds if they were pets and requiring owners to have a permit. Travis was exempted from the rule because the Herolds had him for so long. She hit him with a shovel before resorting to stabbing Travis in the back with a knife. She later recalled, “For me to do something like that — put a knife in him — was like putting one in myself.” She frantically called 911 and told the operator that Travis may have killed Nash. Emergency services waited until the police arrived to help Nash. When they arrived, the chimp tried to get into the police car, but the door was locked. Scared, injured, and enraged, Travis circled the police cruiser until he found an unlocked door, smashing a window in the process. Officer Frank Chiafari opened fire and shot Travis multiple times. Travis made his way back into the house and to his cage, likely his safe space, and died. In the days following the attack, Travis the Chimp’s victim, Charla Nash, required many hours of surgery by multiple surgeons. Travis had broken nearly all the bones in her face, torn away her eyelids, nose, jaw, lips and most of her scalp, rendered her blind and fully removed one of her hands and most of the other. Her injuries were so severe that the Stamford hospital offered the staff that treated her counseling sessions. After they saved her life and successfully reattached her jaw, she was flown to Ohio for an experimental facial transplant. The Harrowing Story Of Travis The Chimp’s Attack That Left A Woman Without A Face By Jessica OConnor | Edited By Maggie Donahue Published January 8, 2026 Updated July 8, 2026 Travis was a beloved animal actor and a local fixture in his Connecticut town — until he viciously attacked his owner’s friend Charla Nash in 2009 and nearly ripped her face off. On February 16, 2009, tragedy struck when Travis the Chimp, a chimpanzee who had gained national celebrity over the years, viciously attacked his owner’s close friend, Charla Nash. Travis’ behavior had become increasingly erratic, and the attack left Nash severely disfigured and Travis dead. Charla Nash knew Travis since he was a baby, but he attacked her in 2009. Today, Nash continues to heal from the attack, and conversations around the ownership of exotic animals have only gained more traction following the shocking attack. Travis The Chimp’s Early Years Travis The Chimp was born at what’s now called the Missouri Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Festus, Missouri, on Oct. 21, 1995. He was taken from his mother, Suzy, when he was 3 days old and was sold to Jerome and Sandra Herold for $50,000. Suzy was later killed after she escaped from the sanctuary. Travis — named after country music star Travis Tritt — lived in the Herolds’ home in Stamford, Connecticut. He became something of a local celebrity, going everywhere with the couple and often accompanying them to work. Travis The Chimp was a local celebrity in the 1990s. Raised alongside humans, Travis paid close attention to the directions the Herolds gave him. Their neighbor once told them, “He listened better than my nephews.” Travis, in many ways, was like their child. He dressed himself, did chores, ate meals with the family, used a computer, and knew all the times that local ice cream trucks made their rounds. It was said that he was also a big fan of baseball. Travis and the Herolds had many good years together, but soon tragedy struck and Travis struggled to understand. Sandra Herold Treated Travis The Chimp Like Her Child Public DomainTravis was taken from his mother, Suzy, three days after his birth in Festus, Missouri. In 2000, the Herolds’ only child was killed in a car accident. Four years later Jerome Herold lost his battle with cancer. Sandra Herold used Travis as a comfort for her losses and began pampering him. The pair ate all their meals together, bathed together, and slept together every night. Travis began having fits of erratic behavior just before Jerome died. In October 2003, he escaped their car and ran loose in Stamford for a period of time after someone threw trash at him through the car’s window. The incident was the force behind the state’s passage of a law limiting primates to 50 pounds if they were pets and requiring owners to have a permit. Travis was exempted from the rule because the Herolds had him for so long. Six years later, Travis made national headlines when he attacked Sandra Herold’s friend, Charla Nash, after a seemingly normal encounter. Travis The Chimp’s Gruesome Attack On Charla Nash Charla Nash was a frequent visitor to Herold’s home as the pair had been friends for many years. On Feb. 16, 2009, she was visiting the duo when Travis escaped the house with Herold’s car keys. In an attempt to lure him back into the house, Nash held out his favorite toy — a Tickle Me Elmo doll. Though Travis the Chimp recognized the doll, Nash had recently changed her hair which may have confused and scared him. He attacked her outside the home, and Sandra Herold had to intervene. She hit him with a shovel before resorting to stabbing Travis in the back with a knife. She later recalled, “For me to do something like that — put a knife in him — was like putting one in myself.” She frantically called 911 and told the operator that Travis may have killed Nash. Emergency services waited until the police arrived to help Nash. When they arrived, the chimp tried to get into the police car, but the door was locked. Scared, injured, and enraged, Travis circled the police cruiser until he found an unlocked door, smashing a window in the process. Officer Frank Chiafari opened fire and shot Travis multiple times. Travis made his way back into the house and to his cage, likely his safe space, and died. Charla Nash’s Long Road To Recovery Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via GettyCharla Nash lost virtually her entire face and required extensive surgery following Travis’s vicious attack. In the days following the attack, Travis the Chimp’s victim, Charla Nash, required many hours of surgery by multiple surgeons. Travis had broken nearly all the bones in her face, torn away her eyelids, nose, jaw, lips and most of her scalp, rendered her blind and fully removed one of her hands and most of the other. Her injuries were so severe that the Stamford hospital offered the staff that treated her counseling sessions. After they saved her life and successfully reattached her jaw, she was flown to Ohio for an experimental facial transplant. Travis’ head was taken to a state lab to be examined as the investigation of the attack continued. He did not have any diseases, though he was on medication for Lyme disease prevention. The toxicology report revealed that Travis had been given Xanax the day of the attack, as Sandra had told police. The drug may have fueled his aggression as side effects like hallucination and mania were sometimes reported in humans. On Nov. 11, 2009, Nash appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss the event, the experimental procedure, and her future. She said she wasn’t in any sort of pain and was looking forward to returning home. By then, attorneys for the former friends were embroiled in a $50 million lawsuit, which was settled for $4 million in 2012. National Changes That Followed Travis The Chimp’s Attack In 2009, Rep. Mark Kirk co-sponsored the Captive Primate Safety Act, which was supported by the Humane Society of the United States and Wildlife Conservation Society, The Hour reported. The bill would have prohibited apes, monkeys, and lemurs from being sold as pets, but it died in the Senate. Struggling to get therapy for the depression and anxiety caused by shooting Travis, Officer Frank Chiafari’s experience led to a 2010 bill that called for mental health care to be covered for police officers who were forced to kill an animal. Travis’ attack on Charla Nash sparked a long road of discussion over the ownership of exotic pets — one that continues today. ]]> Mon 21 Sep 2026 14:57:05 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1619935/travis-the-chimp-terrifying-911-call/ https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1614960/horrific-911-call-sandra-herold-made-after-her-200-pound-pet-chimpanzee-attacked-her/
This is the horrific 911 call Sandra Herold made after her 200-pound pet chimpanzee, Travis, attacked her friend Charla Nash. Earlier that day, Travis had become agitated and refused to come back inside. Sandra gave him tea mixed with Xanax, then asked Charla to help. But as soon as Charla got there, he attacked her in the driveway. Sandra called 911 screaming: “He’s killing my friend!” She tried to stop Travis by hitting him with a shovel and stabbing him with a kitchen knife, but he kept attacking. For several minutes, Travis mauled Charla, tearing off her hands, nose, lips, eyelids, and most of her face. When police arrived, Travis walked toward a patrol car, opened the door, and tried to attack the officer inside. The officer shot him, and Travis later died from his wounds. Charla survived, but her injuries were catastrophic. She was left blind, lost both hands, and later became one of the first people in the United States to receive a full face transplant. ]]> Fri 01 May 2026 18:57:03 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1614960/horrific-911-call-sandra-herold-made-after-her-200-pound-pet-chimpanzee-attacked-her/ https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1611448/this-is-something-straight-out-of-a-horror-film/
Why haven't they called the cops yet ? ]]> Mon 16 Feb 2026 21:31:00 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1611448/this-is-something-straight-out-of-a-horror-film/ https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1609913/man-walks-away-from-a-brutal-motorcycle-crash-and-shows-the-full-aftermath/
Man walks away from a brutal motorcycle crash and shows the full aftermath James Cook, aka NabiCook, was thrown several feet after a White SUV cut in front of him He says he had the right of way and authorities are still investigating Footage shows bystanders helping direct traffic and assisting the SUV driver until police arrived ]]> Mon 19 Jan 2026 00:59:01 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1609913/man-walks-away-from-a-brutal-motorcycle-crash-and-shows-the-full-aftermath/ https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1609799/home-health-aid-bruno-valenzuela-charged-in-disabled-child-slap-case/
HORRIFIC: Home health aid Bruno Valenzuela ARRESTED after video showed him beating and hitting a 5-year-old severely disabled boy who can be seen crying ]]> Fri 16 Jan 2026 22:07:01 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1609799/home-health-aid-bruno-valenzuela-charged-in-disabled-child-slap-case/ https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1609165/doctors-are-using-dead-bodies-to-extract-fat-and-injecting-it-into-patients/
REPORT: Plastic surgeons across the United States are now using "purified fat" from cadavers for cosmetic procedures, including BBLs. Doctors are using dead bodies to extract fat and injecting it into patients. The product, AlloClae, is "made from sterile fat harvested from cadavers," which is administered through in-office injections, according to the New York Post. "Before it’s injected, the donor fat undergoes a multi-step cleansing, sterilization and purification process that removes cellular debris, DNA and other elements that could trigger a negative immune response in the body," the Post reported. Disgusting and horrific. ]]> Wed 07 Jan 2026 14:11:00 +0200 https://theworldwatch.com/videos/1609165/doctors-are-using-dead-bodies-to-extract-fat-and-injecting-it-into-patients/