A Thai city was plunged into chaos this weekend as hundreds of monkeys escaped from their enclosure and took to the streets in search of food, causing concerned police to lock themselves inside their station. The wild incident reportedly occurred in the community of Lopburi, which has long struggled to contain its growing population of increasingly aggressive macaques. One solution to the problem has been to round up the particularly pugnacious primates and keep them in sizeable compounds where they could no longer menace the public. However, the plan backfired spectacularly on Saturday when around 200 of the captured creatures staged a successful jailbreak.
More on this astounding story, including video of the marauding monkeys, at the Coast to Coast AM website.