2 min read 99-Year-Old Woman Wakes Up To Find Strange Creature On Chest

An elderly Miami woman made the discovery of several lifetimes this week when she woke up and found a "furry big animal" sleeping up on her chest. The unplanned slumber party soon ended, however, as the woman and the animal "both screamed" and the creature then fled to her attic, WPLG reports.

A 99-year-old Miami woman says she woke up to find this animal sitting on her chest. https://t.co/A4Bgywdlr9 https://t.co/GKez94t66m — NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews)

According to the veterinarian who later treated the animal, the woman's strange bedfellow was a kinkajou, a nocturnal, tree-dwelling mammal native to Central and South America. "This particular animal is kind of like a cross between a raccoon and a monkey," said Dr. Don Harris of South Dade Animal Hospital. "They're very dangerous if the person taking care of them isn't knowledgeable and careful."

Rare animal frightens woman after encounter in her Miami-Dade home. Can you say #Kinkajou? Watch @WPLGLocal10 @6pm https://t.co/GvMHAOxQwi — Terrell Forney (@TVTerrell)