(Plano, Texas) It’s no surprise that shoppers at Spirit Halloween stores can be frightened by the animatronics. There are so many of them scattered everywhere. The motion-activated ones scare people by far the most, jumping out at them or screaming. What they’re not used to are monkeys swinging overhead from the building rafters, trying to escape the madness of the animatronics.
A Real-Life Scare at Spirit Halloween
While shopping at a Spirit Halloween store in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex this week, customers were frightened and in awe of a monkey wearing a diaper swinging from store displays and the ceiling rafters. No, it wasn’t a store animatronic display; it was a live pet monkey causing the chaos.
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How the Monkey Got Loose
A customer brought their pet monkey into the store, and while they were shopping, some of the store’s animatronic displays spooked the pet monkey, causing it to leap from the owner’s control and break free. The monkey ran around the store and was hanging precariously from the store rafters for approximately 30 minutes. Arlene Pinkston tells NBCDFW it was like a scene from Animal Kingdom.
Caught on Camera: Monkey Swings from the Rafters
Pinkston’s daughter first caught a glimpse of the monkey, thinking it was a store display, but when she noticed it was wearing a diaper and it was moving naturally, they knew it was a real monkey. Pinkston started recording video of the rogue monkey inside the Plano Spirit Halloween store.
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Plano Police Called to the Scene
Store employees called the Plano Police Department for assistance. Upon arrival, officers witnessed the monkey swinging from the rafters, too. The owner was eventually able to coax the monkey back down with a simple cookie treat.
A Halloween Story No One Will Forget
This will be one costume shopping experience that these Spirit Halloween customers will not soon forget.
Happy Halloween, everyone!
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