The monkey search continues in one Debary neighborhood after multiple people spotted the animal in the picture above.

This weekend those living near Sunrise Boulevard and Palm Road took to their bicycles searching for any signs of the monkey several residents spotted earlier this week.

"I wanted to look around so I could save it," Paula Nelson of Debary told us. "So I just drove around in my car and looked around but I didn't see it."

The monkey search began Friday after one local woman snapped the photo seen above of what she says was a monkey crossing the street.

She told us she couldn't believe her eyes at first and that's why she took the pictures. Although the image is grainy, she says what she saw was clearly a monkey.

"I couldn't do anything but laugh because I just couldn't believe it." Hunter Bowles, who lives near the monkey sighting, told us.

While some people told us they thought they heard an animal rustling around the wooded lot Saturday night, they still believe the monkey has probably left the area.

"We are on the edge of Gemini Springs. We have bears, raccoon, and snakes. That monkey is probably in there. I don't think it's going to be around the neighborhood much longer," Nelson told us.

While some like Nelson are still hoping to catch a quick glimpse of the animal they believe is a monkey, others are concerned the animal may be dangerous.

"I'm not going near the monkey. You don't know what it would do." Bowles said.

Neighbors told us Florida Fish and Wildlife visited the area to see if they could confirm if there is a monkey in the area, but the FWC hasn't told us what they did or didn't find.

However there is a wild colony of monkeys in Silver Springs, but no word yet if some of those could or would have moved all the way to Debary.

