The Norfolk zoo lost power on Tuesday night, and not long after, rumors started circulating online that the electricity shortage left a gorilla’s enclosure unlocked.

Norfolk residents were going bananas on Wednesday when a social media rumor claimed a gorilla had escaped from the Virginia Zoo.There's only one problem: The zoo doesn't have any gorillas.The facility addressed the rumors on Facebook,

A rumor spread throughout Facebook yesterday of an escaped gorilla at the Virginia Zoo, but there is just one problem — the zoo does not have gorillas.