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 managing to open a door.

Bananas” is how the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office described the apprehension of the primate in a Facebook post.

A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured before a winter storm slammed the state

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

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 deputies responded to the area of Highways 21 and M on "reports of a subject monkeying around.

Deputies recovered an escaped spider monkey that was wearing a tutu. Deputies responded to a highway for reports of a monkey on the loose in Jefferson County, Missouri. When they arrived, they found the tutu-wearing spider monkey.

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! Escaped Spider Monkey In A Pink Tutu Begs For Help The NY Post shared that police received a call regarding an animal complaint.