'I absolutely saw a monkey': Elusive primate on the run in Murrysville Jeffrey Galket is adamant he saw a monkey in the woods behind his girlfriend's Murrysville home on Brison Court. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT INVESTIGATE THIS AND SHE MET A MAN 0 WHO SWEARS HE SAW A MONKEY. >> IT WAS A MONKEY. REPORTER: JEFFERY IS ADAMANT HE SAW A MONKEY IN THE WOODS BEHIND HIS GIRLFRIEND'S MURRYSVILLE HOME. >> IT WAS A MONKEY, CLEAR AS DAY. TURNED AROUND, LOOKED AT ME FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN RAN UP INTO THE CANOPY AND STARTED JUMPING FROM TREE TO TREE. REPORTER: IT WAS TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN HE HEARD THE UNUSUAL SCRAPING SOUNDS THAT DREW HIM OFF THE PORCH. >> SIMILAR COLOR TO A SQUIRREL, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS UNTIL IT GOT A LITTLE HIGHER AND I SAW ABOUT A TWO FOOT LONG TAIL AND A REAL THIN BODY. REPORTER: AS HE GOT CLOSE HE SAID THE CREATURE HOPPED TO ANOTHER TREE AND KEPT ON GOING. I DID ASK HIM IF HE CALLED THE MURRYSVILLE POLICE TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT HE SAYS HE SAW AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T BECAUSE HE WORRIED THAT BY THE TIME OFFICERS GOT OUT HERE IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF A CALL. I DID CHECK WITH A COUPLE OF OFFICERS WHO WERE WORKING OVERNIGHT AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DID IN FACT HEAR ABOUT THIS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND TRIED TO FIND THE MONKEY BUT WITH NO LUCK. HE DID TELL HIS GIRLFRIEND ABOUT IT. >> I ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO TELL HER BECAUSE I WOULD SOUND LIKE A LUNATIC, BUT SHE, YOU KNOW, BELIEVED ME AND THEN STARTED TEXTING PEOPLE IN THE AREA. REPORTER: AND NOW HERE WE ARE. >> WE DID THROW BANANAS OUT FOR HIM. REPORTER: THE ILLUSIVE MONKEY OF MURRYSVILLE GOT AWAY FOR NOW. >> I ABSOLUTELY SAW A MONKEY. I'VE BEEN TO ZOOS, I KNOW HOW

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