Devil Monkey

Kylar Harrison

March 15, 2023

Harold Bosstick

Eng212-005

Cryptid Research and Adaptation Wiki: The Devil Monkey.

Summary: The Devil monkey is often described as Baboon looking primate with powerful kangaroo legs and usually said to stand between 3 to 5 feet in height typically, and is covered with reddish, dark brown, or black shaggy hair that is noticeably thicker around the neck and shoulders and conflicting reports on whether it is tailless or has a brown bushy its hands are tipped with vicious claws and sharp teeth it powerful legs give it the ability to leap distances of 20 feet or more. Devil monkeys are said to make a variety of sounds. Some sounds they are claimed to make are barks, screams, wails, and whistles. One thing is known for sure they are highly aggressive and will attack without warning.

History: The first possible sightings of the Devil monkey began in 1934 in South Pittsburgh; the witnesses described seeing a small ape-like creature that could leap across fields at lighting fast speeds

The first official sighting that made the devil monkey known to the world was in 1959. the witnesses are a couple by the name of Boyd were driving on a dark and secluded rural road near Saltville, Virginia

The next sighting was in 1973 and 1979. After that, there were many sightings of something with a giant, bushy-tailed ape with a face like a dog slaughtering and maiming cattle.

There were several sightings from 1994 to 2006

Legends: Some of the notes the famed cryptozoologist and author Loren Coleman investigated several reports of Devil Monkey sightings in Albany, Kentucky; as she explained to animal planet, she did an in-depth investigation of sincere witnesses of the creature. Using these interviews, Loren made a book called *Mysterious America* that describes three more alleged Devil Monkey encounters, which took place in late April and early May 1973. These sightings occurred in the same rural area outside Enfield, Illinois, about forty miles southeast of Reverend Harpole’s 1941 Gum Creek encounter. The next cryptozoologist was Chad Arment, who described several Devil Monkey sightings in an article in Volume II, Number 1 of the *North American BioFortean Review; one* of the interviewed witnesses was the Boyd couple and their daughter, the first of which took place early one morning in 1959. While driving down a rural road near Saltville, Virginia, the parents of a southwest Virginian woman named Paulette Boyd were charged by what appeared to be a giant monkey. The creature sprang from a ditch as their car drove past and slammed into the passenger window, leaving a deep scratch in the paint. Paulette's mother in the passenger seat described the creature as having “light, taffy colored hair, with a white blaze down [its] neck and underbelly. It stood on two large, well-muscled black legs and had shorter front legs or arms.” This particular specimen did not appear to have a tail. After crashing into the passenger window, the monkey loped alongside the car for a few moments and continued to chase it after it was outdistanced. When he had put some distance between his vehicle and the vicious primate, Paulette’s father produced his revolver. He contemplated driving back to shoot the creature but reluctantly agreed to leave it be at his wife’s fervent insistence.

Adaptations: The only adaptations that could be of the Devil Monkey (this name) are monster enemy entries of Two well-known TTRPG tabletop Role-playing Games, D&D, and Pathfinder. To those unfamiliar with the term with the same title/name as Devil Monkey, these monster entries appear in older editions. Though I'm sure if these are official or homebrew entries, I'm not sure it matters since it is an adaptation of a cryptid. I think another adaptation of the devil monkey, .though going by a different name, is the creature of Barlgura based on the description of the beast and again only found in the D&D.

Analysis: As the only adaptation I could find where a monster entry for two of the most famous TTRPG games, D&D and Pathfinder. In the case of the pathfinder devil monkey and D&D Barlgura, the change of the fur color for the Barlgura made it appear more orangutang than baboon and can turn invisible. I feel the changes were made to play up the devil aspect of the beast's name, which I like the difference cause I think that without it, it would be too dull and an average monster.

Sources

Creepy Encounters With The Devil Monkeys http://paranormaljunkie.net/creepy-encounters-with-the-devil-monkeys/

Devil Monkeys https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Devil\_Monkeys#Sightings

The Mysterious Devil Monkeys of North America Jun 22, 2018, I, Brent Swancer https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/06/the-mysterious-devil-monkeys-of-north-america/

Devil Monkey http://www.unknownexplorers.com/devilmonkeys.php

DEVIL MONKEYS: (NORTH AMERICA) Rob Morphy December 6, 2010 https://www.cryptopia.us/site/2010/12/devil-monkeys-north-america/