Bang! A Mississippi mom turned protector when an escaped Rhesus monkey wandered too close to home.
Newsmax reported that last week, a truck mishap on a Mississippi roadway unleashed several monkeys into the wild, leading to a fatal encounter early Sunday near Heidelberg when homeowner Jessica Bond Ferguson shot one dead out of fear for her family's safety.
It all started when a transport truck flipped, setting loose a group of Rhesus monkeys from the Tulane University National Biomedical Research Center in New Orleans, though the university insists they weren’t responsible for the shipment.
Fast forward to Sunday morning, when Ferguson’s 16-year-old son spotted a monkey darting through their yard. With five kids between 4 and 16 to look after, Ferguson didn’t hesitate—she grabbed her firearm and stepped outside.
She saw the primate just 60 feet from her house, a distance too close for comfort given the warnings about diseases these animals might carry.
“I did what any other mother would do to protect her children,” Bond told The Associated Press.
Let’s unpack that—while the progressive crowd might clutch their pearls over a gun-toting mom, can anyone blame her for prioritizing her kids over a wayward lab monkey?
Disease warnings had been circulating among residents, and Ferguson wasn’t about to gamble on whether this creature was a cuddly pet or a biohazard.
“I shot at it and it just stood there, and I shot again, and he backed up and that's when he fell,” Bond recounted to The Associated Press.
That’s a chilling moment—two shots, and the monkey was down, a decision no one makes lightly but one driven by raw maternal instinct.
The Jasper County Sheriff's Office later confirmed via social media that a homeowner had encountered one of the escaped animals that morning, though they kept details sparse.
Following the incident, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks took custody of the monkey’s remains, presumably to ensure no health risks lingered.
Now, here’s the rub—Tulane University claims no ownership or responsibility for the transport of these primates, despite their origin at the university’s research center.
Isn’t it convenient how accountability seems to vanish faster than a monkey on the run when big institutions are involved, leaving everyday folks like Ferguson to clean up the mess?
