Wouldn't be the first time in
history's game
that man who walked differently earned
THE DEVIL'S NAME.
Walk with care when you walk
within the Pines!
When autumn hunter's moon is high and frosted starlight shines
He might be listening for your step and watching all you do.
Just respect the forest's peace, and all will go well with you.
But harm the tiny creatures that share the piney home
And woebetide you brother, if you walk the pines alone.
~ Lisa Golda-Shields
THE LEGEND OF THE JERSEY DEVIL
Few places can boast
of local color anywhere as intriguing as the Jersey Devil, native
to the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Two hundred and fifty years ago,
settlers of the desolate stretches now known as the Pine Barrens
first reported having seen a bizarre, elusive creature, reported
to have been born to Mother Leeds in 1745. The most popular tale
suggests the Mother Leeds child was born normal, but
"transformed" moments after birth into a serpentine,
bad tempered dragon like creature, who flew up the chimney, and
off into the night.
Whatever the fact or fiction about New Jersey's most celebrated
local legend, it still provides chills around a campfire, and
has been sighted as recently as in the 1950's |
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