JASPER COUNTY, Miss. - Mississippi authorities said at least one escaped monkey has been captured after a truck carrying the animals crashed last month.

What they're saying:

"A homeowner on Hwy 503 near Heidelberg found one of the monkeys on their property this morning," The Jasper County Sheriff's Office announced Sunday on its Facebook page . "Ms Department of Wildlife,Fisheries, and Parks responded and the monkey is now in their possession."

The backstory:

Three monkeys were on the loose last month as searchers in masks, face shields and other protective gear scoured fields along a rural Mississippi highway where a truck carrying the primates overturned a day earlier.

It remained unclear who owns the monkeys, who was transporting them and where they were being taken when the t

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