The Jersey Devil is a strange creature that walks on two legs. It is drawn with cloven feet, the body of a deer, a camel head, and bat wings. It’s origins are unknown, but it is said to have lived deep in the pine woods of New Jersey.
The most often recited legend regarding the Jersey Devil is about an exhausted mother who found she was pregnant with her 13th child. In a fit of bitter anger, she declared she wished it were the devil’s because she was tired of having children. As it turned out, she gave birth to a monster who fled in the night.
There has been 2,000 sightings of what witnesses report to be the Jersey Devil.
More information can be found online at:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil
- http://theshadowlands.net/jd.htm
- http://www.prairieghosts.com/jerseydevil.html
