LoRemember a couple of years ago in Danville, Pennsylvania, when that truck full of monkeys crashed and they got loose for several days? Those monkeys were supposedly carrying some kind of virus, and the whole town was on edge while they ran around before finally being caught. Wild times.
Well, it’s happening again, this time in Mississippi.
Authorities there say several monkeys “have been destroyed,” but three are still on the loose after a truck carrying them crashed on Tuesday.
At first, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department posted on Facebook that the rhesus monkeys were carrying Hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID, and were considered aggressive toward humans … meaning anyone handling them needed to wear protective gear.
But later, the sheriff’s office clarified those comments with a statement from Tulane University, confirming the monkeys were not infected after all.
Tulane University says they’ll be sending a team tomorrow to collect the remaining monkeys still in cages.
As of right now, police say three monkeys are still on the loose.
