A tail as old as time

Today we dive into North America’s strangest primate lore from Alaska’s murderous tailed “monkey people” to modern sightings of long‑tailed humanoids and the infamous Devil Monkey. There's indigenous stories, cryptid reports, and plenty of Fringe‑style banter, this episode explores tailed creatures that keep showing up throughout North America.In this episode, we swing into one of the most unexpectedly rich corners of North American cryptid lore: monkey sightings in a continent with no native monkeys. Starting with the Ahtna Nation’s chilling legends of the Satani, long‑tailed humanoids who stalked camps, set traps, and played games with human heads, we trace how these stories echo across Alaska, the Yukon, and British Columbia. Archaeological finds, oral traditions, and uncanny similarities to tales like Lovelock Cave all weave together into a surprisingly cohesive mythos.From there, the episode moves into modern encounters including a 1969 British Columbia sighting of a reddish, upright, long‑tailed creature that left behind massive three‑toed tracks and terrorized a local family. And finally, the duo heads east to the Appalachians, where the Devil Monkey cryptid has been reported for decades: baboon‑like, tailed, aggressive, and wildly inconsistent in height (but consistently weird).With humor, skepticism, and a healthy dose of cryptozoological curiosity, we explore why tailed humanoids keep appearing in North American stories, and whether these creatures are misidentified Bigfoots, escaped zoo animals, or something far different lurking in the woods.