UPDATE 2
The monkeys have yet to be spotted:
MAJOR MONKEY UPDATE:@CincyPD officer on scene just told me:
– they’re still working to confirm report of monkeys on the loose
– officers did not see any monkeys here at the cemetery @FOX19 pic.twitter.com/h3wq2sM6SM— Lauren Artino (@FOX19Lauren) April 8, 2021
And in a major buzzkill but expected development, the monkeys may never have existed after all:
OK, now maybe it was just turkeys and not monkeys?? https://t.co/AR9brD5px3
— Enquirer (@Enquirer) April 8, 2021
UPDATE 1
Here’s video of the monkeys:
People are saying there’s monkeys swinging from the trees in Price Hill. This is one of the videos taken early this morning. What do you think? @WLWT pic.twitter.com/xnYBuOeL8M
— Megan Mitchell (@megan1mitchell) April 8, 2021
ORIGINAL POST
It’s going to be one of those days, isn’t it?
We woke up to find that authorities in Cincinnati are on the hunt for up to five monkeys who’ve escaped from a home in the Prince Hill neighborhood on the city’s west side:
MONKEYS ON THE LOOSE:
This is not a joke.
Police and volunteers are in Price Hill looking for potentially 5 monkeys that escaped a home.
A LOT to unpack here.@megan1mitchell is live near St. Joe's Cemetery where at least a few have been spotted.@WLWT— Kelly Rippin WLWT (@KellyRippin) April 8, 2021
The monkeys were last spotted swinging from trees at a cemetery:
#BREAKING https://t.co/PZwyNfeqBu
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) April 8, 2021
Apparently, there’s a video of the monkeys but it hasn’t been posted yet:
Y’all I just saw the video of these huge monkeys swinging in the trees in Price Hill and it’s insane. I’ll have everything we know all morning long on @WLWT.
— Megan Mitchell (@megan1mitchell) April 8, 2021
Groan:
It's bananas! ??? https://t.co/FhY6z2fkIY
— Alanna Martella (@AlannaMartella) April 8, 2021
What Cincinnati needs right now is a giant lizard to fight the monkeys, like in “Godzilla vs. Kong,” right?
This is in Thailand…Nakhon Pathom to be exact.
Seeing a lot of people asking if this is a Komodo Dragon or a monitor lizard.
A Komodo Dragon IS a monitor lizard. There are 70 species of monitor lizard.
But Komodo Dragons don't exist in Thailand except for zoos, etc. pic.twitter.com/ZydwwwGq4Q
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) April 7, 2021
We’ll keep you posted.
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Editor’s note: This post has been updated