Bush Baby' Real Or Myth In early years, people heard and experienced the stories of a supposedly mystical creature/animal called the 'bush baby' that was seen only at night and always made a sound like a crying baby at peoples' doors. The animal would then kill and eat any unfortunate victim that comes to the aid of the 'crying baby'. The story was real and not just a myth someone made up. There was really a 'bush baby' out their in our bushes. Galagos /ɡəˈleɪɡoʊz/, also known as bushbabies, bush babies or nagapies (meaning "little night monkeys" in Afrikaans), are small, nocturnal [2] primates native to continental Africa, and make up the family Galagidae (also sometimes called Galagonidae). They are sometimes included as a subfamily within the Lorisidae or Loridae. According to some accounts, the name "bush baby" comes from either the animal's cries or appearance. The South African name nagapie comes from ...