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Monkey play causes power outage in Barbados capital

By Staff Editor 1 min ago

(Barbados Nation) Three Green Monkeys caused a power outage in The City yesterday morning.

The wandering creatures were playing on a powerline near JG’s Wholesale Discount Centre at the corner of St George Street and Cowell Street when they tripped a breaker, causing the power to go out at surrounding businesses.

“It happened around 10:30 a.m.,” said one eyewitness. “There were three monkeys up on the power line and then I heard an explosion, close to a gunshot. One monkey dropped down and the others ran away.”

Animal enthusiast Tony Woodall picking up the monkey after the outage yesterday. (Picture by Reco Moore.)

Tony Woodall, who was also in the area, decided to take home the monkey, which was in a state of paralysis. He said he had a pet monkey and other animals at home so he would care for the creature until it returned to its normal state.

Later in the day, he reported that the monkey was “doing pretty all right”.

“He is moving around and eating, but he is a little frightened. I will monitor him for the next two days to see if anything is wrong with its limbs.”

Around 11 a.m., two workers from Barbados Light & Power Co. showed up to replace the electrical unit the monkeys had damaged.

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Former Member

Monkey business.

Billy Ram BalgobinBilly

Are monkeys native to Barbados?

Former Member

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:
Are monkeys native to Barbados?

About 400 years ago, they were brought to Barbados from Africa.

Former Member

DG, that’s interesting. I would have though that they were native to the Caribbean with the South American Continent nearby. I read that Green Monkeys were originally from Gambia brought to Barbados about 350 - 400 years ago. According to what I read, these green monkeys look completely different today from their Gambian relatives due to adapting to the Caribbean climate.

Thanks for providing us with that Historic information.

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