Monkey photobombs girls’ TikTok video when it interrupts their dance and snatches mobile phone

Monkey photobombs Indonesian girls’ TikTok video when it interrupts their dance and snatches mobile phone

  • Annisa from Indonesia, shared hysterical video on TikTok and got 19.5M views
  • She and her stepsister are about to start dancing when they notice the monkey 
  • Mischievous simian grabs the phone and starts shaking it while looking into lens 

This is the hilarious moment a cheeky monkey became a TikTok hit when it stole a girl’s mobile phone while she was filming a dance with her stepsister. 

TikTok user Annisa, 16, from Medan in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra shared the hysterical video yesterday and it has already amassed 19.5million views. 

Annisa’s phone captures the monkey’s appearance in the background as she and her stepsister start to perform to 24kGoldn’s Mood outside their home. 

Annisa said she was recording a TikTok dance with her stepsister near their home when the monkey appeared and nabbed her phone

TikTok user Annisa, 16, from Medan in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra shared the hysterical video yesterday and it has already amassed 19.5million views. Annisa was recording a TikTok dance with her stepsister near their home when the monkey appeared and nabbed her phone

The teenager said she positioned her phone on the ground and started filming the dance.

Footage shows Annisa and her sister positioning themselves in front of the camera and doing peace signs with their fingers. 

Just as the girls are about to start their dance Annisa notices something behind her and turns to discover the monkey. 

At which point, the mischievous monkey stares directly into the camera lens before grabbing the device and shaking it

At which point, the mischievous monkey stares directly into the camera lens before grabbing the device and shaking it

The footage abruptly stops as the monkey peers into the screen

The footage abruptly stops as the monkey peers into the screen

She and her stepsister immediately scarper because wild monkeys are known to be dangerous and leave the phone behind. 

At which point, the mischievous monkey stares directly into the camera lens before grabbing the device and shaking it. 

The footage abruptly stops as the monkey peers into the screen.   

TikTok Maria Grace joked: ‘It just wants to join TikTok!’