# Infected, aggressive Rhesus monkey escapes crashed truck in Mississippi **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371 "2025-10-28T21:39:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/1 "2025-10-28T21:39:35Z")
[Infected monkey escapes crash on Mississippi interstate | News | fox13memphis.com](https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/truck-carrying-aggressive-monkeys-infected-with-hepatitis-herpes-and-covid-crashes-in-mississippi/article_0808968c-1e1c-4c62-a2de-5b9ab6a5d532.html) > A truck carrying Rhesus monkeys from Tulane University crashed on I-59, just north of Heidelberg at mile marker 117 on Tuesday. The sheriff’s office said that truck was carrying monkeys, about 40 pounds apiece, aggressive toward humans, and infected with hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID. > > Several diseased monkeys escaped, while others remained trapped in their cages. The sheriff’s office said that all but one of the infected monkeys were “destroyed.” That last monkey, however, remained on the loose as of 2 p.m. The sheriff’s office said the monkeys require personal protective equipment to handle. Will this be “28 Minutes Later?” or “Escape from the Truck of the Apes?” (honestly, a bunch of infected animals setting up a primateocracy isn’t much different from what we have now in the US) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/2 "2025-10-28T21:45:00Z")
At least it isn’t Ebola. That they’re admitting to. :eek: Good news, with only one critter on the loose, it establishing a breeding colony seems very unlikely. One that they’re admitting to, that is. :eek: Until some brilliant Mississippi yahoo lets his pet rhesus loose to keep the escapee company. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/3 "2025-10-28T21:56:46Z")
Well, Deer season fixin’ to open. I bet there’s some strange tall tales that come outta deer camp, this year. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/4 "2025-10-28T21:58:05Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Good news, with only one critter on the loose, it establishing a breeding colony seems very unlikely. I’ve seen the movie. No breeding colony needed. It only takes one bite, then the human race is doomed. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/5 "2025-10-28T22:00:56Z")
And if Howard Cosell were still living, “Those little monkeys got loose!” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/6 "2025-10-28T22:02:54Z")
There’s the Local Bigfoot colony. They’ll accept him, I’m sure. (You hadda know Bigfoot was coming into this) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/7 "2025-10-28T22:22:31Z")
I’m remembering a cryptid called something like “The [wherever] Whyooter”, but wiki got nuthin even close. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/8 "2025-10-28T22:24:42Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > (honestly, a bunch of infected animals setting up a primateocracy isn’t much different from what we have now in the US) I was thinking Kennedy Jr. might appoint them to leadership posts at CDC. They sound more qualified than the crazy ideologues he’s installed there. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/9 "2025-10-28T22:32:20Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > It only takes one bite, then the human race is doomed. We can only hope. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/10 "2025-10-28T22:46:09Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > honestly, a bunch of infected animals setting up a primateocracy isn’t much different from what we have now in the US Yeah they could get appointed HHS secretary and it would be a massive improvement in every respect. Hell one of them might bite POTUS (though in fairness there is only a moderately bigger chance of this happening with an enraged infected resus monkey, than with the current HHS secretary) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/11 "2025-10-28T23:01:14Z")
Them brain worms gotta eat too. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/12 "2025-10-28T23:01:21Z")
Latest news update: It was headed towards [Monkey town SC](https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/island-vacations/morgan-island-south-carolina-monkeys) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/13 "2025-10-28T23:10:29Z")
Something similar happened almost a year ago. Most of them were quickly captured, but several evaded “rescuers” for quite some time. > [@43 monkeys escape from research facility in South Carolina because, why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869): > > I mean, at this point does it really matter? Bring on the monkey apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/14 "2025-10-28T23:24:05Z")
I found it. It was a marketing gimmick for Jack Daniels. Figures. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/15 "2025-10-28T23:36:12Z")
Sage advice from a rather unlikely source: > **[Leave My Monkey Alone](https://warrenzevon.fandom.com/wiki/Leave_My_Monkey_Alone)** > > "Leave My Monkey Alone" is a single by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon from the Sentimental Hygiene album released in 1987. At track 10, the song serves as the album's closer. This song is different from the rest of the album with it's more... [And [**the song**](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWmAeGH15Y), of course] ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/16 "2025-10-29T00:57:11Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Hell one of them might bite POTUS (though in fairness there is only a moderately bigger chance of this happening with an enraged infected resus monkey, than with the current HHS secretary) He has a history of being attacked by wildlife. [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/9ca687b73bb281674dba39e25d149135/tumblr_nz58uat1y71qc8jh0o3_540.gifv) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/9ca687b73bb281674dba39e25d149135/tumblr_nz58uat1y71qc8jh0o3_540.gifv) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/17 "2025-10-29T04:35:31Z")
There’s also this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hlKegN4x8rQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Cat jumps at the TV after Donald Trump’s wild comment during the debate! #catattacks #donaldtrump") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlKegN4x8rQ) ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/18 "2025-10-29T11:59:41Z")
I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can’t prove anything! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/19 "2025-10-30T12:53:18Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > At least it isn’t Ebola. That they’re admitting to. :eek: I assume you’re referring to the Ebola-infected rhesus monkeys in Reston, VA back in 1989. None of them escaped, AFAIK. And, fortunately, the Ebola strain they had wasn’t lethal to humans (although they didn’t know that then. And they thought it might be spreadable by aerosol. Yeesh.) > **[25 years ago in Virginia, a very different Ebola outbreak](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/25-years-ago-in-virginia-a-very-different-ebola-outbreak/)** > > An office park in Reston was home to a 1989 outbreak of Ebola in monkeys that has informed the U.S. response to the disease ever since ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/20 "2025-10-30T13:36:03Z")
Well now, a rather significant update: [Escaped monkeys ‘destroyed’ after Mississippi police are mistakenly told they’re a danger](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/escaped-monkeys-destroyed-mississippi-police-mistakenly-told-danger-rcna240387) > A number of monkeys were “destroyed” after they got loose Tuesday morning and Mississippi law enforcement officers were mistakenly told they were dangerous. > > … > > “The driver of the truck told local law enforcement that the monkeys were dangerous and posed a threat to humans,” it said. “We took the appropriate actions after being given that information from the person transporting the monkeys.” > > The department said the monkeys were being hauled from Tulane University. In a [post on X](https://x.com/Tulane/status/1983279372565148068), the school said that its National Biological Research Center provides primates to other research organizations to “advance science” and that the monkeys in question were not infectious. > > … > > The department initially said one of the animals was still missing but in an update clarified that, after officials from Tulane “were able to get inside the truck and get a correct count,” they determined three monkeys remain on the loose. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371.md?page=2)