SC woman seeks help in search for monkey that went missing in the Triangle

A South Carolina woman is continuing her desperate search to find her monkey, who went missing in Morrisville after the pet was spooked by the noise of a passing plane flying overhead.

Posted 5:13 p.m. Nov 14, 2018 — Updated 4:19 p.m. Nov 15, 2018

Alfred Charles

, WRAL.com managing editor

MORRISVILLE, N.C. — A South Carolina woman is continuing her desperate search to find her monkey, who went missing in Morrisville after the pet was spooked by the noise of a passing plane flying overhead.

Ann Smith told WRAL News on Tuesday that she fears her pet monkey, named Willow, won't survive the recent round of cold, wet weather that has chilled central North Carolina in recent days.

"She can't survive this cold," Smith said. "They're tropical animals and the weather where she's from doesn't get below 70 degrees. I don't know how much longer she could bear this weather, if she's still alive."

Smith said she was checking into the Morrisville LaQuinta Inn, located at 1001 Hospitality Court, last Thursday when the roar of an airplane scared Willow the monkey.

The simian scampered away through the parking lot while Smith was trying to retrieve her luggage from her vehicle.

Smith is offering a $1,500 "no questions asked" reward for Willow's safe return.

"It's like losing a child," she said. "No one knows unless you have one."

Smith asks that whoever finds the monkey take it to a vet. Once it is verified that it is Willow, the money will be transferred.

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