Crazy reason Aussie's Bali hotel room was ransacked while she was out
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An Aussie woman's Bali hotel room was ransacked by an opportunistic monkey while she was out.
A hotel worker filmed the aftermath showing Jazz Walsh and her boyfriend's belongings strewn messily across their room.
Jaz told Yahoo News that while she initially panicked about her passport and travel money, it was hard to be annoyed at the situation because the monkey was obviously just inquisitive.
Luckily, their passports and wallets were all accounted for when they got back to their room, but it seemed there were other items the monkey was keen on.
Jazz said the main bags the monkey took an interest in were the toiletry bags that had my skincare in them and also my travel medicine bag.
The lovely hotel hosts also saw the monkey drop some AirPods from our balcony, so went in to investigate what had happened.
Only one AirPod was missing.
We found the case and the other AirPod.
Jazz isn't the first tourist to run into thieving monkeys while visiting Bali, as many visitors have had their belongings stolen by monkeys at temples and other tourist sites.
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