In the folklore of Cambridgeshire, the Shug Monkey is a creature that shares features of a dog and monkey, which reportedly haunted Slough Hill Lane (a street that leads from the village of West Wratting to nearby Balsham). [1] [2] The creature, believed to have the body of a jet-black shaggy sheepdog and the face of a monkey with staring eyes, [3] [4] was believed to be a supernatural ghost or demon. [2] [4] Local writer and broadcaster James Wentworth Day, who first related stories of the Shug Monkey in Here Are Ghosts and Witches (1954), described it as a curious variation of Black Shuck, [1] while local folklorist Polly Howat suggests that both share common origins in Norse mythology. [5]
According to Howat, sightings of the Shug Monkey have not been reported since before World War II. [5]
In the folklore of Cambridgeshire, the Shug Monkey is a creature that shares features of a dog and monkey, which reportedly haunted Slough Hill Lane (a street that leads from the village of West Wratting to nearby Balsham). [1] [2] The creature, believed to have the body of a jet-black shaggy sheepdog and the face of a monkey with staring eyes, [3] [4] was believed to be a supernatural ghost or demon. [2] [4] Local writer and broadcaster James Wentworth Day, who first related stories of the Shug Monkey in Here Are Ghosts and Witches (1954), described it as a curious variation of Black Shuck, [1] while local folklorist Polly Howat suggests that both share common origins in Norse mythology. [5]
According to Howat, sightings of the Shug Monkey have not been reported since before World War II. [5]