The Devil Monkey: The Kangaroo-Like Predator Reported Across Appalachia
The Devil Monkey is said to be a strange, monkey-like predator reported on Appalachian roads: powerful hind legs, short forelimbs, unusual speed, and an appearance witnesses struggled to compare with any known animal. But the Virginia record behind that name is much thinner, and more complicated, than later retellings suggest.
This episode begins with the strongest Saltville claim: a reported early-morning encounter in 1959, when the parents of Southwest Virginia woman Paulette Boyd were said to have been driving toward town when an animal sprang from a ditch and struck their passenger-side…
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