A monkey in a pink tutu who slipped out of a Missouri home was captured just before a winter storm hit the state.
“Bananas” that’s how the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office described the primate’s arrest in a Facebook post.
The spider monkey was spotted Friday afternoon at the intersection of two highways near the city of Otto, just south of the St. Louis area. The monkey was staying in a nearby house when he managed to open a door and get out.
The sheriff’s office said the little monkey was returned to its caretaker after “careful negotiations and some persistence.” Photos posted to the sheriff’s department Facebook page show a deputy kneeling on the ground before the tutu-clad monkey approached and grabbed his hands.
The sheriff’s office said it’s a good example of how officers “must be prepared for whatever the job throws at them.”
The timing was coincidental. A winter storm Snow and ice hit the region Saturday, closing roads and dropping temperatures.