Screenshot from Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Facebook Police officers in Missouri got a rare call when an escaped spider monkey shows up in a pink tutu. Now this situation is just bananas!

Now that’s a funky monkey. An escaped spider monkey in a pink tutu was rescued on the side of a Missouri highway after running up to a sheriff’s deputy and tugging on his pant leg in search of help.

In an unusual police stop, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said they discovered a spider monkey wearing a pink-colored tutu near Route 21 and Highway M in eastern Missouri. Spider monkeys are ...

Deputies in Missouri encountered a “bananas” situation when they came face to face with a nearly-naked suspect. But the suspect — a spider monkey dressed in a tutu — was no match for the Jefferson ...

The sheriff's office said the small monkey was returned to its caretaker after “careful negotiations and some coaxing." Photos posted on the sheriff's department Facebook page show a deputy kneeling ...

A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured just before a winter storm slammed the state. “Bananas” is how the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office described the apprehension ...

officials said The spider monkey, wearing what the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office described as a tutu, was found around 4 p.m. It had been staying at a nearby home and got outside after ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --Sheriff's deputies in Missouri came to the rescue of a spider monkey wearing a pink tutu near a busy highway. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said on social media that ...

A spider monkey on the loose was safely rescued by officers with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Friday afternoon. According to officials, the pink tutu-wearing spider monkey was located ...

Deputies responding to reports of a subject monkeying around found an actual monkey near a Missouri highway on Friday ...

But the suspect — a spider monkey dressed in a tutu — was no match for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. The department said in a Jan. 3 post on Facebook that the spider monkey was ...