The mountains of Southwest Virginia have long been home to strange tales — ghostly lights, howling beasts, and shadowy figures that seem half-human, half-animal. But few stories have spread fear quite like that of the Virginia Devil Monkey — a bizarre creature that’s been sighted in the region for decades, described as something between a…
Audio version of this story on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/HUWg82f3UQ4 I first heard of the Virginia Devil Monkey while reading the book “Monsters of Virginia: Mysterious Creatures in The Old Dominion” by L.B. Taylor Jr. It caught my attention because a lot of the incidents occurred very close to where I spent the first few years…