A woman is recovering after a completely bizarre and traumatizing experience. Brittany Parker said shewassittingonhercouch, minding her own business when a monkey crawled onto her porch.
She said that at first, the monkeyjustseemedcurious and shared the experience with family members.
“I had actually Facetimed some family and I was like, ‘look there’s a monkey,’” Parker said in an interview. “He was pacing back and then he was jumping off of my railing and hitting my storm door.”
Parker said she called 911 after the monkey tried entering her home. The monkey was unsuccessful because it broke the handle on the door.
Dickson Police Chief Tim Duncansaidhewasshocked by the call. He said that he hasansweredmanyanimalat- large calls but has never answered a monkey call. Offi cersweren’tevensurethey had understood correctly.
“It’s Oklahoma, it happens,” Duncan said in an interview. “We get animal calls all the time. It’s something that we deal with, it’s just- monkeys are not a normal thing for us.”
Officers arrived on scene, and Parker assumed the situation was under control. However, once she stepped outside, the monkey charged at her and hurt her.
“He crawled up my back, yanked out multiple wads of hair and then ripped my ear in half,” Parker said. “And it was just hanging.”
After the incident, Parker was taken to the hospital for treatment and a rabies shot. Duncan said after the monkey attacked Parker, it took off.
They spotted the monkey near Parker’s house just after sunset.
“We were trying to get a plan together to figure out one, who the owner was and two,whatweweregonnado with this monkey,” Duncan said.
Duncan said that was when a neighbor took matters into their own hands. They heard a gunshot and found that a neighbor shot and killed it.
Duncan also said that they are trying to figure out what legal recourse to take. They’re submitting the information to the district attorney’s office. They’ll make the decision on what route to take.
Even though there aren’t any laws on the books that prohibit owning animals like the one that attacked her.
“I think that there needs to be some type of law that says that you need to have some kind of training as well as a certificate to even hold these type of animals,” Parker said.
The monkey's name was Jack, and his owner took to Facebook to defend his pet.
'To set the record clear and straight: all primates are drawn to shiny objects,' JPCartersaidinaFacebook post. 'Jack seen an earful of shining jewelry and went to snatch her earring out of her ear.'
He also stated that his monkeywaskilledfor'playing with' Parker.