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Origin: New Jersey
History: Mrs. Leeds, a resident of Estellville, was distressed when she found out she was expecting her thirteenth child. She screamed, “Let it be the devil!” The child arrived and it was a baby devil. The creature screeched and unfolded its wings and flew out the window and into the swamp. Stories have circulated of the Devil raiding chicken coops and farms, destroying crops, and killing animals. He emerges from his natural lair in the Pinelands and wanders throughout Southern New Jersey, sometimes engaging and sometimes terrorizing the residents, and at one point as much as $100,000 was offered for the capture of the Jersey Devil, dead or alive.
Where it appears: Jersey Devil" is supposed to travel the New Jersey Pinelands and many people have told others of scary encounters on dark nights in the wilderness of the Pines. Its screams are said to be quite chilling to the spine.

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Bonaparte and the Devil: the first reported Jersey Devil sightings was in 1812 when Joseph Bonaparte claimed he saw the Jersey Devil while hunting near his Bordentown estate

Devil craze of 1909: Navy Commander Stephen Decatur says he saw the creature and shot it while testing cannonballs at Hanover Mills Works in the Pine Barrens. The cannonball put a hole in the Devil, but it was said to not be fazed. They found strange tracks, but bloodhounds supposedly refused to follow the tracks

10 feet tall and stopping traffic: While traveling on Route 9, three cars were forced to slam on their breaks when according to a witness a ten-foot-tall, Jersey Devil figure with a long head and short flat ears ran across the road. One witness reported that the creature came from a wooded area near a mini-mall and jumped out in front of traffic, disappearing into the woods on the other side of the street.

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Appearance: the Jersey Devil is described as a kangaroo-like creature with the face of a horse, the head of a dog, bat-like wings, horns, and a tail
Powers/Abilities: Although he does not have powers, he lurks through the marshes of Southern New Jersey and emerges periodically to rampage through the towns and cities and scare people.
Where he Dwells: The New Jersey Pinelands is home to miles of pine trees and sandy roads, but it is also home to New Jersey’s most infamous Devil

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horns
forked tail
the face of a horse
the head of a dog
bat-like wings

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In literature: A list of books suggests the Jersey Devil is real life and fictional on the pages within books devoted to New Jersey legends and history
Books:
-“Seeking Monsters”
-“Land of Hope and Dreams”
-“Under My Skin”
-“The Unspoiled Harmonious Wilderness”
-“The Secret”
Movie: the New Jersey state's demon made its big-screen debut on Oct. 25 in ''13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil Volume 1.''
-This movie version suggests that the origin of the Jersey Devil had something to do with the treatment of the Lenni Lenape by the British. ''This is the unmentioned part of New Jersey history,''

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jwLXza28Q8

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https://pinelandsalliance.org/learn-about-the-pinelands/pinelands-history-and-culture/the-jersey-devil-and-folklore/
nj.com/entertainment/2016/10/13_places_the_jersey_devil_has_been_spotted_in_the.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/13/nyregion/the-devil-you-think-you-know.html
https://www.communitynews.org/princetoninfo/artsandentertainment/the-jersey-devil-in-literature/article_df30b738-9f5b-5e99-bea4-f71cb6a92acd.html
https://www.state.nj.us/pinelands/infor/educational/facts/jerseydevil.shtml#:~:text=Related%20Links,-Color%20the%20Jersey&text=The%20%22Jersey%20Devil%22%20is%20said,thirteenth%20child%20of%20Mother%20Leeds.

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The New Jersey Pinelands is home to miles of pine trees and sandy roads, but it is also home to New Jersey's most infamous resident... The Jersey Devil.