A few days ago we brought you the extremely strange story of aggressive monkeys who were pumped full of Hepatitis C, Herpes and COVID running loose in Mississippi after a truck carrying them overturned.

Yes, I know that is a wild sentence, I still can’t believe I typed it.

But that’s what happened, details here:

BREAKING: Truck Hauling ‘Aggressive’ Monkeys Carrying Hepatitis C, Herpes & COVID Overturns In Mississippi

Why we keep injecting these animals with serious illnesses, I have no idea but I guess that's beside the point.

All of the monkeys were killed or contained from the crash except one which was still on the loose....

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At least that is until today when a Mississippi mom spotted it in her yard and shot it dead:

The NY Post had more details:

A Mississippi mom shot dead one of the aggressive monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck last week to protect her young children.

Jessica Bond Ferguson said she and other Heidelberg residents had been on high alert after word spread that monkeys — believed to be carrying dangerous diseases but later confirmed by officials not to be — had been roaming loose since Tuesday.

Early Sunday, her 16-year-old son ran into the house, claiming he had seen one of the animals in the yard.

About 60 feet from her home, she said, she spotted the monkey and chose to take matters into her own hands to ensure her children’s safety.

“I did what any other mother would do to protect her children,” Bond Ferguson told the Associated Press.

“I shot at it and it just stood there, and I shot again, and he backed up and that’s when he fell.”

With police and animal control not yet on the scene, the mother of five said, she decided to shoot the monkey, fearing it would get away and possibly become a threat to children at another house in the neighborhood.

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“If it attacked somebody’s kid, and I could have stopped it, that would be a lot on me,” Bond Ferguson said.

“It’s kind of scary and dangerous that they are running around, and people have kids playing in their yards.”

In a post on social media, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a homeowner discovered one of the monkeys on their property Sunday morning but offered no other details.

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks has since taken control of the animal.

Awesome job!!

She sounds like an awesome mom and awesome human being!

Here was the full original report in case you missed it:

BREAKING: Truck Hauling ‘Aggressive’ Monkeys Carrying Hepatitis C, Herpes & COVID Overturns In Mississippi

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At this point, nothing should really surprise any of us anymore, so I guess this is just par for the course in today's world.

Wild stuff:

I do have some questions...

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Why are we still infecting animals with COVID?

Not to mention Hep-C, herpes and who knows what else?

And why are they "aggressive" monkeys?

Were they aggressive all along, or did they only turn aggressive after they learned you injected them with all these toxins?

Here's a look from the scene:

There were 21 monkeys on the truck, 15 remained caged, 6 escaped, 5 were captured, 1 still loose, and 20 euthanized:

Fox News confirmed the following details:

A truck hauling monkeys from Tulane University in New Orleans flipped on a Mississippi highway, freeing several large, "aggressive" monkeys.

After the wreck, which happened north of Heidelberg, multiple rhesus monkeys escaped into the community, according to the Jasper County Sheriff's Office.

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"The monkeys are approximately 40lbs, they are aggressive to humans, and they require PPE [personal protective equipment] to handle," the sheriff's office wrote in a Facebook post.

The animals carry hepatitis C, herpes and COVID, deputies said.

As of 4:30 p.m. ET, all but one of the escaped monkeys were "destroyed," according to deputies.

"We are continuing to look for the one monkey that is still on the loose," the sheriff's office wrote in a Facebook post. "Do not approach the monkeys if you see one. Call 911."

Tulane University told Fox News Digital the Tulane National Biomedical Research Center provides its nonhuman primates to other research organizations to advance scientific discovery.

"The primates in question belong to another entity and are not infectious," the university said. "We are actively collaborating with local authorities and will send a team of animal care experts to assist as needed."

School officials did not confirm the number of monkeys that escaped, the number of monkeys killed or the number of monkeys that remain caged.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.
 

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