{"id":494410,"date":"2026-01-05T16:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/494410\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:06:11","slug":"loose-monkey-caught-in-tennessee-after-rampaging-through-guitar-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/494410\/","title":{"rendered":"Loose monkey caught in Tennessee after rampaging through guitar shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mischievous monkey who damaged musical instruments at a Tennessee guitar shop <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/04\/us-news\/monkey-that-previously-escaped-from-mississippi-truck-now-sheltered-in-nj-wildlife-refuge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is in custody<\/a> after an hours-long monkeyhunt.<\/p>\n<p>The furry felon \u2014 a Cinnamon Capuchin native to Central and South America \u2014 was caught Sunday after being spotted rampaging through the Trade Center music shop in Morristown.<\/p>\n<p>The small business owners called police around 8 a.m. to report the damage, which security footage revealed to be caused by the little brown primate.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38093935\" width=\"443\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/animal-control-unable-capture-monkey-118285845.jpg\" alt=\"A monkey in a musical instrument store, surrounded by guitars and equipment.\" class=\"wp-image-38093935\"  \/>The monkey was caught Sunday after a day on the loose in Tennessee. It is believed to have been stolen from a farm. Morristown Police Department<\/p>\n<p>Images released by police <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/18\/world-news\/two-men-caught-with-81-monkeys-meth-in-thailand-wildlife-smuggling-ring-authorities-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showed the small fella <\/a>leaning over a guitar stand while peering into a glass case full of effects pedals, while a Fender Stratocaster and other guitars stood nearby.<\/p>\n<p>After a search of the area \u2014 where police had asked the public to report any sightings \u2014 the monkey was finally caught by Sunday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbir.com\/article\/news\/local\/hamblen-jefferson-cocke-greene\/morristown-police-searching-monkey-who-damaged-business-musical-instruments\/51-dc7583d6-cdf7-4da1-ba42-490669a195f3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/04\/us-news\/2nd-monkey-that-escaped-from-overturned-transport-truck-gunned-down-in-mississippi-1-more-still-on-the-loose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">where or how the beast<\/a> was bested, but police were seen hauling a large animal carrying crate over a chain-link fence in a residential yard.<\/p>\n<p>The monkey is believed to have been stolen from an Alabama farm and sold to a Tennessee woman, though it also remains unclear how it escaped. <\/p>\n<p>Its original owner was notified of its discovery \u2014 and its shenanigans\u2013 by the US Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mischievous monkey who damaged musical instruments at a Tennessee guitar shop is in custody after an hours-long&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":494411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[15225,3425,31650,159,1229,67,132,68,1154,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-494410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animal-attacks","9":"tag-animals","10":"tag-monkeys","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-tennessee","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-us-news","17":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115843352693715839","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}