SHN10: The Bloody Monkey

Location: N/A

Status: Inactive, presumed terminated.

Description and Behavior: The Bloody Monkey was an entity that was described as resembling a large, profusely bleeding chimpanzee with horns and scaly wings. It was primarily active in rural villages across the Americas. Before being rendered inactive it was known to travel between small villages, granting a single wish to every resident. These wishes would usually be interpreted by the Bloody Monkey in such a way as to backfire on the wisher. Some examples include, a man who wished for youth was turned into an infant, a woman who wished for her family to appreciate her hard work had her family become fatally ill, and a child who wished for a million dollars was crushed to death under a hundred million pennies.

As these wishes were to be granted to everyone in the village, this entity had little patience for anyone taking too long to wish or even being unwilling to wish. As such it would turn violent against anyone ‘slowing down the process’. These altercations in rare circumstances would lead to death, but always resulted in maiming and crippling. Often, after maiming a person, it would suggest the victim wish for healing. Anyone attempting to escape from the situation would always find themselves passing out and waking up back in the village if they got too far.

Unfortunately for the Bloody Monkey, it eventually met its own end when one of its victims wished for its death. This occurred in a remote Mexican village where a young girl who had already lost her entire family to the entity’s activities had her turn to wish. She made the wish which caused the Bloody Monkey to unwillingly summon Burlap (SHH4) to the location. It is then that Burlap initiated its typical pattern of predation of fellow anomalous entities, and the Bloody Monkey could be heard begging for its life. Unfortunately for the village, Burlap then turned its attention to the residents after dealing with the Bloody Monkey and over the course of at least a week hunted and tortured the inhabitants one by one. Everything we know of these events are gathered from the diaries of the villagers trying to escape Burlap either by hiding or fleeing. None survived.

Recommended Actions: In the event of an unlikely re-manifestation of this entity, it is recommended to make small and simple wishes. Complex wishes are easier to twist the meaning of, and the Bloody Monkey seemed to especially enjoy punishing greed with a horrible fate. Based on the events that rendered this entity inactive, it is strongly recommended not to wish death for this or similar entities as it may lead to a more dangerous situation.