Blurry photos are often held up as supposed evidence of elusive creatures like Nessie and Bigfoot. But the subject of a fuzzy photo taken nearly two decades ago in remote forests of Congo – a strange, orange-faced monkey – has turned out to be the real deal.

New, Orange-Lipped Monkey Discovered in Africa: It’s one of only a handful of new monkey species identified on the continent in the last 75 years

Finding a ‘sobering reminder’ that some rare creatures may vanish before we even know they exist, researchers say