Are there monkey's in VA?

I have discovered the downside to living in the woods . . . we get some CREEPY bird sounds at night. I mean, really loud and clear as day and nothing like waht you get out in good ole PBO.

There's one sound in particular, I think it's a Barred Owl, that first sounds like a regular owl sound, you know "hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo" and then turns into what I SWEAR TO GOD sounds JUST LIKE A MONKEY. The first time I heard it it really freaked me out.

What's worse, this particular sounds REALLY messes with the dog. As soon as she hears it she just totally loses it. Which, most of the time, is kind of funny. But when, in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT last night she lost her shit for no apparent reason, it was pretty alarming. And then I heard the sound, and I was a little annoyed, and then I was kind of freaked out for awhile thinking this bad-ass owl with a four foot wingspan was somehow going to get in the house. When I finally did fall asleep, I had really weird dreams about owls.

Thanks a lot, beth.