The Jersey Devil; he has the face of a goat, body of a kangaroo, legs of a crane, wings like a bat, and pig’s feet. The idea of these features mashed together just seems impossible. This bizarre creature is believed to inhabit Pine Barrens, in Southern New Jersey. How could such a strange creature come into existence? There are many different variations of the Jersey Devil legend, but the more known one tells the story of Mother Jane Leeds. Mother Leeds lived in Pine Barrens in poverty. The year 1735 came by, Mother Leeds found that she was pregnant with her 13th child. She believed this child would be the Devil’s child, and she wasn’t far off. When her baby was born, he seemed just fine. But he grew to be something strange, like something
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Many of the theories are based on sightings of the devil. One theory states that the Jersey Devil is no monster, just a rather large sand hill crane… But that doesn’t make much sense, as the sand hill crane eats potatoes and corn – not animals. It also doesn’t explain for Jersey Devil’s goat head, bat wings and a tail, features that are not shared with the sand hill crane. However, the sand hill crane lets out a peculiar scream, which the Jersey Devil is also known to do. There’s also an internet society that is confident the Jersey Devil is a group of pterodactyls who survived. The society believes that the pterodactyls were stuck in caves, and that earthquakes released them. Some people also believe that dragons were actually real, and that dragons are the ancestor of the Jersey Devil. Author of Absegami Yesteryear, Jack E. Boucher, believes that Mother Leeds birthed a disfigured child. He believed that Mother Leeds couldn’t stand to look at the child, and couldn’t bring herself to feed him. The child escaped, and stole food from farms; he was too hungry to care. There are holes in this theory, just like many other theories. A human couldn’t have lived for as long as the devil did, the Jersey Devil is hundreds of years old! Plus, the Jersey Devil was often seen flying, which a child could not do. Lastly, lots of people believe that the Jersey Devil is the spirit of evil. They believe there was never good in this creature; that the Jersey Devil is the embodiment of
Many of the theories are based on sightings of the devil. One theory states that the Jersey Devil is no monster, just a rather large sand hill crane… But that doesn’t make much sense, as the sand hill crane eats potatoes and corn – not animals. It also doesn’t explain for Jersey Devil’s goat head, bat wings and a tail, features that are not shared with the sand hill crane. However, the sand hill crane lets out a peculiar scream, which the Jersey Devil is also known to do. There’s also an internet society that is confident the Jersey Devil is a group of pterodactyls who survived. The society believes that the pterodactyls were stuck in caves, and that earthquakes released them. Some people also believe that dragons were actually real, and that dragons are the ancestor of the Jersey Devil. Author of Absegami Yesteryear, Jack E. Boucher, believes that Mother Leeds birthed a disfigured child. He believed that Mother Leeds couldn’t stand to look at the child, and couldn’t bring herself to feed him. The child escaped, and stole food from farms; he was too hungry to care. There are holes in this theory, just like many other theories. A human couldn’t have lived for as long as the devil did, the Jersey Devil is hundreds of years old! Plus, the Jersey Devil was often seen flying, which a child could not do. Lastly, lots of people believe that the Jersey Devil is the spirit of evil. They believe there was never good in this creature; that the Jersey Devil is the embodiment of