- Oct 9, 1999
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Monkeys see, monkey threw
JARRATT, Virginia (AP) -- Three monkeys hurled bananas and crab apples at cars on Interstate 95, then fled into the woods, police said.
Police believe the monkeys escaped while being taken to the state fair in Richmond or a circus in North Carolina.
State Trooper Mike Scott was flagged down Sunday by a driver who had pulled over near Jarratt. "When I walked up to the car, it looked like a banana had been smeared on the side," Scott said.
The woman told him a monkey had thrown the fruit about a mile back.
"I started laughing," Scott said. But he drove to the scene of the attack and found a van and a station wagon on the side of the highway.
"A man said, 'I know this sounds crazy, but a monkey threw an apple at our car,"' Scott said.
Just then, something hit the van.
"Lo and behold there were three brown monkeys in an oak tree throwing crab apples," Scott said.
The primates jumped down, ran across the highway and escaped into more trees.
JARRATT, Virginia (AP) -- Three monkeys hurled bananas and crab apples at cars on Interstate 95, then fled into the woods, police said.
Police believe the monkeys escaped while being taken to the state fair in Richmond or a circus in North Carolina.
State Trooper Mike Scott was flagged down Sunday by a driver who had pulled over near Jarratt. "When I walked up to the car, it looked like a banana had been smeared on the side," Scott said.
The woman told him a monkey had thrown the fruit about a mile back.
"I started laughing," Scott said. But he drove to the scene of the attack and found a van and a station wagon on the side of the highway.
"A man said, 'I know this sounds crazy, but a monkey threw an apple at our car,"' Scott said.
Just then, something hit the van.
"Lo and behold there were three brown monkeys in an oak tree throwing crab apples," Scott said.
The primates jumped down, ran across the highway and escaped into more trees.
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