Posted on 11/03/2025 5:23:16 AM PST by V_TWIN
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 morning, her 16-year-old son ran into the house, claiming he had seen one of the animals in the yard.
“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 still, the mother of five said she decided to shoot the monkey, fearing it would get away and possibly would become a threat to children at another house in the neighborhood.
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Mickey D...Can be seen in an episode of Adam-12. He plays the part of a greased back member of a biker gang, which is another sort of monkey. I don’t remember if the handlebars on his ride were “ape hangers” or not.
Mississippi mom guns down monkey that escaped from overturned truck to protect her children
Que up the video of the chimp with the AK.
“ Micky Dolenz is the only one left.”
And he spends his time running around in the woods in Mississippi? And I thought Peter Tork was the crazy one.
I laughed at the headline also. Who writes this crap?
Say Their Name! I Can’t Breath! Aaaargh!
Prosecute the organization that owned the primate and the careless driver who overturned the vehicle regardless of the circumstances.
“she jumped out of bed, grabbed her gun “
That lady was prepared. Good on her. I wonder what kind of fire arm she was packing.
Micky is the last one left, and he’s 80!................
Mississippi mom guns down monkey that escaped from overturned truck to protect her children
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OK, so now Mississippi mom shoots the monkey that was escaping the overturned truck as the monkey was protecting her little chimps. Time to call peta. /S
Yes. My question as well. Seems redundant to shoot dead …?”
The monkey was alive when she shot it.
I know that reading the article is against the rules but maybe for the sake of our late leader, Jim Rob, you could make an exception today
In any case, this is a case of the headline reading like the NY Post, she shot it dead
Ok?
Why shoot a dead monkey?
“I wonder what kind of fire arm she was packing”
Kinda wondering that myself.
“”Why would someone shoot a dead monkey?””
You’re right....awful headline. Same as a story from a movie with Dustin Hoffman - “Outbreak”! A little girl fed a monkey on the loose.
Any Mississippi mom would have done the same thing. I would imagine that’s correct
Horrible journalism, the article doesn’t mention the caliber of the rifle. I want to know in case I need to shoot a dead monkey.
The source changed the headline after I posted the story.
This is how it all starts.
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