DANVILLE, Pa. — Three monkeys that had been lost along the interstate in Montour County are all accounted for, all of them now dead.
A public health risk assessment was conducted by several organizations including the CDC.
They confirm the escaped monkeys were humanely euthanized.
The monkeys escaped after a truck carrying about 100 of them collided with a dump truck Friday afternoon along Route 54 just off Interstate 80 near Danville.
"We're rural Pennsylvania. We hear about like cows getting out and you know pigs and trucks like that wrecking, but Monkeys it's not a common everyday thing," said Jessica Wright, Danville.
According to a CDC spokesperson, the monkeys were en route to a CDC-approved quarantine facility after landing Friday morning in New York. They are originally from Mauritius, a country in eastern Africa.
The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon, that's when the three monkeys got free in the Danville area.
Police say the driver who was transporting the monkeys was charged in the crash.
Originally, state police told us four monkeys were on the loose.
As of Saturday afternoon, some people were still worried.
"Little monkeys, we got bears, we have coyotes, we have deer, you know all the time. A little 3-pound monkey doesn't scare me, but why are they so concerned about it is what concerns me," said Howie Lerch, Valley Township.
Friday night Newswatch 16 spoke with Michelle Fallon of Danville, who saw the entire accident. She jumped into action; helping both drivers and the loads they were carrying.
"I walk up back on the hill and this guy tells me, 'Oh, he's hauling cats. I said, 'oh.' So I go over to look in the crate and there's this green cloth over it. So I peel it back, I stick my finger in there and go 'kitty, kitty.' It pops its head up and it's a monkey," Fallon said.
Fallon was contacted Saturday by the CDC and was told to monitor herself for any cold-like symptoms.
She shared the letter from the CDC with Newswatch 16; it reads in part that, "the surviving monkeys will be quarantined and will be monitored for infectious diseases for at least 31 days before their release."
Didn't we see this movie?
More like a play on the movie "12 Monkeys"...just call it "12 Flunkies" in honor of the morons in DC.
ReplyDeleteGood movie as well. I forgot about that one.
Delete"I'll authorize an immediate airdrop doctor" -- a great line from Outbreak by Donald Sutherland. Then you know what happens next...
ReplyDeleteLife imitates art.... And stupidity helps things along. Cargo like this needs to be subject to much more stringent controls and safety standards.
ReplyDeleteThe rules and controls are already in place. Though I doubt the escape was planned I do think that the rules and regs were ignored due to arrogance and governmental/bureaucratic stupidity.
DeleteNow, if only "Catch-and-release" Kim Foxx in Chicago could keep criminals confined for at least 31 days, we'd have something.
ReplyDeleteThat's odd: They go all out to make sure monkeys do no harm. Why didn't they do the same with the suicide jab? With a 50% kill rate they're still pushing Remdesivir. Why?
ReplyDeleteThey froze during the time of Omicron. Shale oil drillers in 2053 will unearth all hell during a dig and Pa will never be the same.....The Mohnkee Thing!
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I'm confused. Is the CDC a clown show or a monkey shines? Ohio Guy
ReplyDeletewtf are we bringing monkeys here from east africa for anyway? there are breeders here we can use for medical experiments. i can almost feel the ebola spreading thru the animal kingdom of rural pa now. we have got to be the stupidest species on the face of the earth. as if thermonuclear annihilation wasn't stupid enough...
ReplyDeleteWas Fauci among the monkeys????
ReplyDeleteSo, what new covid variant will we see now?????????????
ReplyDeleteEbola (/deadpan sarcasm)
DeleteThat woman is lucky the monkey or monkeys in the cage didn't take her finger off. One of my sisters volunteered part time an exotic animal zoo down south. As she was cleaning one of the monkey cages, the animal escaped and bit her face as it was going by. 15 stitches later...
ReplyDeleteNemo
The book the movie was based on is much better. "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston, 1994.
ReplyDeleteBased on true events. Read it when you have enough time to finish. Best description of hemorrhagic fever I have seen.
Scurvy
I second the recommendation of The Hot Zone, read it a few years ago.
DeleteGrowing up in PA I am surprised no one called for a good receipt for monkey or were they covered on the hunting license.
ReplyDeleteTank? That you?
DeleteSorry no.
DeleteYep, them thar monkees carry all kindsa disease crap from their jungles.
ReplyDeleteKill 'em all. Don't let CDC sort 'em out.
The movie Outbreak starts with a quote "The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus."
ReplyDeleteJoshua Lederberg
A little ominous, but the context was Ebola, which Fauci got wrong as well as AIDS. Why is Fauci still on the job?
Hold on, wait a minute says Bill Gates, they weren't set to be released until late June, early July, DONT MESS WITH THE SCHEDULE!!!@
ReplyDeletehumanely euthanized.
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FIFY
I can't be the only one that hears circus music when Fauci opens his mouth in one of his multiple daily interviews, so my guess is that these monkeys were ordered up to form some sort of warm-up act to kick off his future media extravaganzas. Maybe they were meant to inject new life into the Washington Post's editorial staff...or maybe they're a new flock of flying monkeys for Nancy Pelosi.
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