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The Jersey Devil: Prince of the Pine Barrens Part 1

The Jersey Devil: Prince of the Pine Barrens Part 1

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They say if you meet someone from New Jersey, Pennsylvania or New
York, you don't ask them if they've heard of the "Jersey Devil,"
you ask them if they've had some kind of encounter with it. The
legend of the curious cryptid is so prolific, they've no doubt
heard of it, and if they've spent any time near the Pine Barrens
of "The Garden State," more often than not you'll find they've
experienced some evidence of the beast, or know someone who has.
Folklorists say that there are more than 30 variations of the
legend, but the main origin story of New Jersey's own "Official
Demon" goes all the way back to 1735, and a Mrs. Leeds of
Galloway, NJ, who upon a difficult delivery of her 13th child,
exclaimed it might as well be a devil – which, if the tale is to
be believed, you should never do. Since then, the story has been
so popular that the idea of The Jersey Devil has made its way
into movies, television, and video games, and is even the
inspiration for the name of New Jersey's National Hockey League
team. But why has this tale endured for at least 282 years? Is it
because somehow the legend is just so fantastic that people can't
forget it? Or is it because, as so many residents throughout the
years have claimed, from New Jersey's eastern shores, through the
mysterious Pine Barrens all the way to western Pennsylvania,
something really is out there?

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