Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay

That monkey I told you about? Guess where his mug showed up? Yep, on AOL. I couldn't believe it! "Monkey On the Loose in Florida!" Ha, ha, you heard it here first!

I shall summarize the video clip, which was on the Today Show or somewhere, in case you missed it. Also, lots of articles have been written on the monkey. This monkey knows how to cross the street, he looks both ways. He knows to stay out of power lines. He has covered 50 square miles in the Tampa Bay area. They showed a map with red push pins to show where the monkey has been spotted. He got from Tampa to St. Pete somehow. He either cruised down the beaches, swam seven miles across the bay, walked the bridge, hitched a ride or was a stow-away. Now, he has his own Facebook page, which I forgot to look at, which I can't believe I forgot. What kind of a reporter am I? I think he's under Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay.

One wildlife guy is tired of being made a fool. When they shot the monkey up in the tree with a tranquilizer, the monkey merely threw down some naughty matter on them and proceeded to take a nap on a branch. Today my Jinny said that the monkey knows how to pull out the tranquilizers. At the end a girl summed up this monkey's tactics by saying, The assailant fled.

He is fast becoming an International Superstar. No kidding, I did just check Facebook and he has 39,393 fans from all over and I made it 39,394. I think Jinny should be very proud that she stood under the palm tree where the monkey was shaking and rattling fronds. She said someone in Driftwood saw it down on a beach, there are many little private beaches in the backyards. When the monkey got out of the pool the other day, he helped himself to a grapefruit before running away. A monkey has to keep up his strength, you know.

One official said the monkey was not outwitting his would-be captors, but avoiding them, claiming monkeys have had millions of years to become strong and fast. You can just guess what I think of THAT! But the monkey has been seen around, even scaling a condominium wall.

Okay, enough monkey business, although I am thinking about going to spend the night with Jinny to see what I can see. Maybe I'll leave him a banana, except they are saying not to feed it, that this monkey could bite and claw a grown man, pulverize him. Even though the monkey is only 21 inches tall and 15 pounds. Jazzi weighs 17 pounds. Wow, this must be a tiny monkey. He looked bigger in his pictures.

I need to go finish squeezing the last of the tangeloes, before they rot on the floor, they are close, here today, gone tomorrow, that's how fast they can bite the dust. Maybe I could leave monkey a tangelo, too.