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But on Monday morning, Florida cops got a call about an actual monkey at the center of some monkey business. Shortly after 8:00 a.m., someone called 911 to report a monkey sitting on top of a mailbox, eating mail, in the Hidden Lakes subdivision of Sanford. When officers from the Sanford Police Department showed up, the monkey was found climbing a street sign. They used a water bottle to “lure” the animal towards their patrol car, [the public information officer said,](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/911-caller-monkeys-eating-mail-out-of-mailbox/) which distracted the animal for a bit. But then it leapt to the top of the vehicle and started to pull off the molding before its owner, a Sanford resident, came and identified him as “Zeek.” Sanford Police Department posted the following photos and videos of the incident on Facebook:  Sanford Police Department  Sanford Police Department ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4052557/monkey-911-florida-mail/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4052557/monkey-911-florida-mail/"},"headline":"Florida Resident Calls 911 Because Monkey Was Sitting on a Mailbox Eating Mail","datePublished":"2015-09-28T18:21:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:57.386Z","description":"Just some monkeying around","url":"https://time.com/4052557/monkey-911-florida-mail/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d4e97f4efdc4cb2/698865d4cf40a805aac3ff25/monkey-mailbox-sanford-police.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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