Real life might have just created the perfect opening to a horror movie. Mississippi police reported Tuesday that a highway car wreck allowed a truckful of “aggressive” rhesus monkeys to escape.

Officials at the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department first detailed the incident on its Facebook page Tuesday afternoon. The truck was loaded with rhesus monkeys from Tulane University when it overturned, setting them free. It’s been a confusing state of affairs ever since, with conflicting reports from authorities and the university about the exact danger that these monkeys pose to the public.

Some of the monkeys have since been “destroyed,” officials said, but three are still on the lam.

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According to the sheriff’s department, the wreck took place on I59 near mile marker 117, close

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