A monkey in India’s Uttar Pradesh decided to show human beings that even he could drive a bus.

‘The monkey in Bareilly decided to show everyone his driving skills when he got into a parked bus, switched on the engine and drove the bus around, that too in second gear’, reported firstpost.com.

The Times of India also said that the driver of the bus only managed to gain control of the vehicle after it had hit two other buses parked nearby.

‘Maybe the monkey was just trying to honour the origin of Monkey Day — which was on 14 December — by pulling a prank, which went a tad bit too far.’

‘After all, the origin of Monkey Day was also almost as crazy as a bus driving monkey in Uttar Pradesh.’

‘In 2000, Michigan State University art student Casey Sorrow decided to play a prank on his friend and simply scribbled ‘Monkey Day’ on his friend’s calendar under 14 December, according to Metro Times.’

‘This turned into a tradition in which Sorrow and his friends would mimic monkeys on 14 December every year.’

‘What makes Monkey Day even more hilarious is that it is a joke aimed at the large number of holidays in December.’

Monkey Day ‘is sort of a backlash against things like Sweetest Day, these holidays that were invented by a company specifically to sell a product,’ ‘Monkey Day celebrant’ Carl Oxley III was quoted as saying in the article.