What is Jersey Devil?
The Jersey Devil is a creature that is stated that he is pursuing pine barrens Southern New Jersey, also known as Pinelands. Like his colleague Cryptid, Mothman, Jersey The Devil is described as a large winged creature. But it is said that he has hooves, a long neck and a face that somewhat resembles a horse. The messages also placed the height of the creature anywhere from three to seven feet (0.9 to 2.1 m) high.
The legend of Jersey Devil is rooted in the Indian folklore; The tribes from Pine Barrens described this area as a "place of dragon". At the beginning of the 18th century, the naval hero, Commodore Stephen Decatur, reportedly witnessed Jersey's devil flying over his head and shot him with a cannon. The creation reportedly continued to fly, which was not affected, even though the cannon pierced its wing. Brother Napoleon Bonaparte Joseph Bonaparte also reportedly witnessed Jersey's devil during the hunting expedition in 1820 near his estate in New Jersey. News continued to sink the half of the 18th century when Jersey Devil was accused of attackKou on livestock in pine barre and its surroundings.
The most active period of observation of Jersey Devil appeared exactly one week in January 1909, with thousands claiming to have witnessed and were fastened by creatures. Among the reports of nationwide attention were the claim that there were special traces in the snow that suddenly stopped, suggesting that the creation flew, walked and flew again. The groups were collected in Hadonfield and Collingswood to watch the creatures while others claimed that they were persecuted after attacked a truck car in Haddon Heights. Since 1909, Jersey Devil's observations have become less common, but they are still reported to the new millennium.
Jersey Devil is sometimes also referred to as the Leeds of the Devil, referring to the pine -colored folk story of the Leeds family. After giving birth to 12 children, it is said that the mother Leeds, who was supposedly a witch, tShe drown that if she were to have a 13th child, it would be a devil. According to the story, she gave birth to 13. The child in 1735, who was born man before manifested in the demonic Jersey Devil. Another variation on myth is that the mother Leeds concluded a contract with the devil to give him her 13th. The child in exchange for her youth and freedom.
Some speculate that the witnesses of Jersey Devil simply considered the ordinary crane of Sandhill to be a creation. Others theorized that Jersey The Devil is a dinosaur, which survived the prehistoric period, because its description resembles a description of the type of pterosaur known as dimorfodon.