The Monroe Street Tattler
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The Great Monkey
Escape of 2026
Presented by The Monroe Street Tattler + Orange Tree Imports
Once again, a number of monkeys have escaped, but this time are currently hiding in business windows throughout the neighborhood.
Find any 10 of the 38 monkeys, write down each one's name and the business where you spotted it, and enter by October 31 to be in the Great Monkey Adoption Drawing. You can enter online from your phone, or on paper at Orange Tree Imports.
Want the whole issue?
The monkeys are one story in the October Tattler. The rest of it is a cult, a pit bull in pajamas, and a librarian who broke his silence.
Read the October issue → Download the PDFAlready have the October Tattler? The tracking form is printed inside. Cut it out and you are ready to go — no need to download anything.
Don’t have a copy? Enter online using the red button above, or download and print the paper form. Either one puts you in the drawing.
No printer? Enter online, or pick up a blank tracking form at Orange Tree Imports. They are also where completed paper forms go, so it is one stop either way.
How it works
- 38 monkeys are hidden in neighborhood business windows.
- Find any 10 of them.
- Record each monkey's name and the business where you found it.
- Enter online, or fill in your details on a paper tracking form.
- Online entries close October 31. Paper forms go to Orange Tree Imports by the same date.
- All ages are welcome.
- One entry per participant.
- Multiple members of the same household may each submit their own entry.
- This is a random drawing, not first come, first served.
- 38 winners will be drawn.
- All 38 monkeys will ultimately be adopted.
Why “again”?
In 1960, monkeys famously escaped from Vilas Zoo. Sixty-six years later, the problem has apparently returned.
New here?
The Monroe Street Tattler is a neighborhood newspaper devoted to hyperlocal news. If you found this page by scanning a monkey in a window, this is what you have wandered into. The October issue carries the hunt and the tracking form.
Read the October issue → MonroeStreetTattler.com →