A marauding monkey that terrorized resort towns in central Japan last year by biting nearly 120 people has escaped captivity.Officials in Mishima City said the monkey slipped out of the government-run nature park it had been kept at since its capture last October when a keeper was cleaning its cage. The city published an emergency notice urging residents to lock their doors, though no new attacks have been reported.The fugitive monkey, known as «Lucky,» is a type of macaque that is one of the most common wild mammals in Japan. They are considered a nuisance in rural areas, where they damage crops and steal food. Lucky has proved a tough catch in the past, avoiding citywide monkey hunts during its previous two month biting spree.
