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The frightening reputation of the Pine Barrens may indeed have contributed to the Jersey Devil legend. Historically, the Pine Barrens was considered inhospitable land. Gangs of highwaymen, such as the politically disdained Loyalist brigands, known as the Pine Robbers, were known to rob and attack travelers passing through the Barrens.
Most famously, the Jersey Devil, or Leed's Devil, describes a half-bat, half-kangaroo that killed its human mother at age 4 and has been wandering around the Pine Barrens ever since; as with most Pine Barrens folk tales, there are numerous versions of the story.
The Jersey Devil. The Jersey Devil is a common element of folklore in the southern New Jersey and Philadelphia areas. Due to the number of alleged sightings, many believe the Devil to be an actual animal or phenomenon similar to Bigfoot and the Yeti.
Jul 1, 2013 · Author Trinka Hakes Noble and illustrator Gerald Kelley retell the legend of the Jersey Devil, a mysterious and threatening creature said to haunt the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey in this atmospheric picture-book.
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Jul 30, 2019 · Legend has it that in 1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster—a deformed flying horse with glowing red eyes—that flew up the chimney of her New Jersey home and disappeared into the Pine Barrens.
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Apr 2, 2018 · Do you believe there is a giant kangaroo with a goat's head, bat wings, horns, clawed hands, cloven hooves, and a forked tail flying around the Pine Barrens of New Jersey? If so, you shouldn't read this terrific book, which tracks the history of the Jersey Devil since the 1600s.
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Jun 11, 2021 · This is a scholarly book tracing the origins of New Jersey’s most commercial fakelore cryptid, the Jersey Devil, a winged monster horse that lives in the remote region of the Pine Barrens.
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