Great. Chimp Baboon on the Loose in St. Louis …Update: It Was a Hoax
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, August 19, 2010, 11:56 AM
Let’s hope the owners didn’t feed it any Xanax before it got loose.
Here’s video via the Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis Today reported:
Authorities are trying to catch a baboon or chimp that neighbors in a Florissant subdivision reported seeing on the loose near Patterson Road and Jana Drive.
Police called the St. Louis Zoo to see if an expert in handling such animals could help them catch it, said William Karabas, the police chief of Florissant.
“So far, it hasn’t been aggressive,” Karabas said.
A woman in the neighborhood got close enough to the animal to snap a photo of it on her cell phone. She posted the photo on the internet.
Karabas said he saw the photo: “It sure looks like a primate to me.”
It’s a baboon
KSDK reported:
Sgt. Kevin Boscher said the department received more than one report of a loose baboon near Patterson and Moulet on Thursday morning.
Florissant officers are in the area and the St. Louis Zoo officials are assisting.
A woman named Samantha Windsor took a picture of the baboon with her cell phone. The primate’s face is dark blue and black.
Windsor said she was awoken this morning by her barking dog. When she looked out into her yard, she saw the baboon standing under a small tree in her yard.
Windsor decided to take a picture with her cell phone. The phone says “smile” when you snap a picture. The baboon became agitated by that command and ran off to play with a volleyball.
UPDATE: The 14 year-old girl admitted later today that it was a hoax.
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Kevin P commented:
Could it be…. nah…
pamlinson commented:
Kevin P
I think your thinking chump? There are Baboons running loose in Washington tho…
Buffalobob commented:
Looking at the St. Louis county vote on the proposition to repeal Obama care, I’m surprised there are not more of them running loose.
aro5o75 commented:
Is that Carnahan??
Mike W commented:
I will have to check the National security blog, also known as lil green footballs, to see if this will threaten the security of DC and the progressives there.
Jess commented:
The picture with the story cracks me up. Looks like a mandril, not a chimp. Also looks terrified.
LL commented:
If it was loose in Arizona, any one of seven million armed citizens could simply cap it.
Mike in Chcago commented:
I live in Chicago and I….no, I better not say it.
Dwayne the canoe guy commented:
Was it seen throwing a firebomb in the Carnahan office? They should just fingerprint it & let it go.
Mike in Chcago commented:
Okay, i will….looks like the first wookie.
That’s right…I said it!!!
pamlinson commented:
More like the 2nd Mike
bigkahuna commented:
In other News Nancy the Natzi botox Pelosi stopped off in St Louis and got the news her Plastic surgeon died while texting in his car and had a breakdown. She freaked out , ran off and hasn’t been caught/ seen since !
down with dems commented:
aro5o75
August 19th, 2010 | 12:32 pm | #6
Is that Carnahan??
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Hilarious! Russ is on the loose
antilbr commented:
It cant be he’s on vacation in Marthas Vineyard…..
antilbr commented:
Does it look like it’s wearing girlie pants…
Granny commented:
Okay, this is old so Look Who Came to Dinner -
http://frontpagemag.com/2010/08/19/obamas-radical-guests/
What was it they say about the company a man keeps? That you can tell the character of a man by the company he keeps. . . .
pamlinson commented:
Does anyone know where Michelle is right now??
down with dems commented:
Windsor decided to take a picture with her cell phone. The phone says “smile” when you snap a picture. The baboon became agitated by that command and ran off to play with a volleyball.
-KSDK
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I’m getting really scared by the media! I watched that whole video clip, and the way she described it the baboon played with the volleyball FIRST, then she took the photo which spooked the baboon, causing the baboon to run, then break and jump over a fence. Either the witness gave different accounts (in different order), or KSDK pathetically cannot even transcribe a video.
If this is the accuracy of the media in covering a baboon on the loose, I certainly don’t trust anything they have to say about a topic more serious than a loose baboon.
reliapundit commented:
baboons are very dangerous. very.
cargosquid commented:
Got agitated by being photographed…..
You’re SURE that this isn’t either a cop or politician….?
pamlinson commented:
Yes they are dangerous, but you CAN catch em…. just waive a fist full of money at em.
I hear ice cream works too.
Don Rodrigo commented:
The picture is of a full-grown male chimp. It can’t be the picture this woman snapped, IF the creature on the loose is a baboon.
This “baboon” thing does beg the question: is Congress in recess? I believe it is, so that may be an explanation right there.
USMC Thomas commented:
Any comparison is an insult to baboon’s.
MJ commented:
Pamlinson
Does anyone know where Michelle is right now??
Michelle teeth are much bigger
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Mike in Chicago
a Wookie…awesome
Just_Saying commented:
I didn’t know they had scheduled another mini-vacation before Martha’s Vineyard. Maybe there’s a Demo fundraising event…
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Dave-O commented:
Mikey & Pammy – I’m ROFLMAO right now – you said what many, many, many are thinking
Solaratov commented:
And people say that we don’t know how to have fun here in the Gateway to the West!
Ha!
aro5o75 commented:
reliapundit
August 19th, 2010 | 2:11 pm | #21
baboons are very dangerous. very.
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I know….look at congress.
Spike commented:
Number#1 I know waht you were thinking and that thougt crossed my mind as well .The photo looked slightly Fmiliar
Militant Conservative commented:
big whoop, shoot it bury it and move on. This chimp can’t tax us all or wreak our country like the Chimp n chief can. powder is dry.
richard bagg commented:
I thought Michelle was on vacation in Maine??? why is she in St. Louis and how much is this trip gonna cost???
DemsCanSuckIt commented:
My thoughts exactly richard bagg…
Peter Warner commented:
It is beyond my comprehension how someone can tell an involved and complete lie in a media interview, with any sense of self-respect. What could possibly motivate someone to do this, and what lack of consideration would allow it?
This fourteen year old human has traumatized hundreds and disrupted thousands… for what? This is an incredibly selfish and destructive act.
She has sold her birthright (human dignity, given by G-d) for an afternoon’s attention. She is morally illiterate, and that is both sad and frightening.
Best regards, Peter Warner.