EUTAWVILLE, S.C. (WIS) – A spider monkey hanging on the side of a building isn’t something you’d normally see every day – especially in the small town of Eutawville.
Eutawville Town Clerk Casey Hill said she spotted the monkey, named Eva, while setting up for the annual Crappie Classic and Fall Fest on Oct. 4.
Hill noted that Eva was wearing a collar and a leash.
Eva the spider monkey was on the run Saturday morning in Eutawville.(Casey Hill)
“I didn’t know what to think,” she said. “I’ve never seen a monkey running loose in Eutawville.”
For a while, no one was able to catch Eva. Even when her owner showed up, the spider monkey still ran back and forth across the street.
“We kept having to stop traffic because we didn’t want anybody to get injured or Eva to get hurt,” Hill said.
That’s when she got an idea of how to lure Eva in.
“I opened the cup of coffee up and set it down,” said Hill. “It took her about a minute, and she came right on over to the cup of coffee and started drinking it. When she did, I was able to put my foot down on the leash she had around her so that her owner was able to get her.”
While Eva is now safe and back at home with her owner, the encounter is one Hill and others in Eutawville will never forget.
“Every time we have a festival, we have something interesting pop up,” Hill said jokingly.
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