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reaf by reaf · Oct 21, 2002 · 169 views · Journal

What do you people think about the Jersey Devil?

Do you think it could possibly be real?

Do you think its a hoax?

Or do you think maybe its a bird of some sort?



There is a New movie out called 13th child,(its based on the jersey devil) & so now its stuck in my head.

I duno if I do believe it but I will say that one night when I was down by the Pine barrens like a year ago, me my sister & about 3 of our other friends heard the screaming screaching noise everyone talks about, in the back yard of our friends house..It was quite weird, and its not a noise I ever heard before in my life. & I only heard that sound on about 2 er 3 different occasions, but all in the same place. So I duno, it was definaly weird. A little eary to!

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17 Comments

ekulu #1 ekuluOG 2002

ooooooh, interesting, u coulda made this a homepage story

ekulu #2 ekuluOG 2002

The Jersey Devil of lore does not look like anything humanoid. It is a creature with the head of a horse, large wings and claws, and has a roughly four-foot-long serpentine body. When a person sees the Devil, he or she sees an omen of disaster to come. According to early legends, its appearances have come before shipwrecks and the outbreak of war.

reaf #2.1 reafOG 2002

Yeah I know, I just read up about it again this morn.

ekulu #3 ekuluOG 2002

yea there's prolly some logical explanation to it, or maybe not. But when people believe so strongly in something they tend to find evidence for it. I cant say that something doesnt exist out there, whatever it might be. but hte folklore and legends do point to spiritism and demons, like in the case of fairies, which some people swear exist, and various other spirits and creatures, like the bogieman to people in caribean islands. Bad stuff there.

reaf #3.1 reafOG 2002

yeah, So true
The boogieman?? huh?? The Caribeans?? Really??

ekulu #3.1.1 ekuluOG 2002

well i thought it was the carribean, but i guess not. must be some other spirit for the carribean

boredatwork #4 boredatworkOG 2002

I had a long conversation with someone the other day about urban legends and stories about bigfoot, the jersey devil and things like that. we were having a discussion about "chupacabra" (goatsucker). This was my argument...in the Isaiah book, chapter 27 paragraph 16 it quotes "And haunters of waterless regions must meet up with howling animals, and even the goat-shaped demon will call to its companion" Is. 34:14 (in spanish it says "chotacabras") When you look it up in Insight it calls this animal a nightjar (night-monster, night hag, Lilith). "The nightjar is almost 30 cm (12 in.) in length with a wingspan of 50 cm (20 in.) or more; its plumage resembles the owl’s, being soft and delicately mottled with gray and brown. The soft wing feathers allow for noiseless flight. Its large mouth is evidently the reason for its also being called the goatsucker, an ancient legend holding that the bird sucked the milk of goats." So....I beleive it's real but some people are so afraid that they make it something scarrier than what it is.

reaf #5 reafOG 2002

If this is real , I surely would like to see it, amongst a few of my friends so im not the only one there fo rhim to eat..lol

sux2beme #6 sux2bemeOG 2002

wasn't there an x-files episode on this?

thatdarngirl #7 thatdarngirlOG 2002

Due to extensive research on my part of European History this year, I've learned a good deal about Yeti's (the abominable snowman) and Nessy (the Locknest monster). I've even seen some pictures of the two (the first looking like a grown man in an elmo suit and the other looking like some rocks in the water). I now consider myself a professional on the subject.

thatdarngirl #8 thatdarngirlOG 2002

yeah..so I decide to read up on this cause its interesting and all..now i'm creeped out

reaf #8.1 reafOG 2002

Are you really?
I wouldnt believe it TOTALLY until I see it. Those sounds though we heard, is exactly what they describe in the jersey devil story's ,, oh and mind you I never heard of the jersey devil till I heard that weird sceachy noise and was like whats that, and the kids was like the jersey devil, he lives in my back yard i hear it all the time, thats when i found out all this stuff about it, its weiiirdd..

thatdarngirl #8.1.1 thatdarngirlOG 2002

No! I was reading all these spottings..and they're all so like..it doesn't make sense for ALL those people to be making it up. Like..where do footprints like that come from, or who killed all those animals and big dogs. And now I'm at the point where my over-active imagination is making me have a panic attack..so I have to go close the blinds on the window next to me cause it's creepy and dark out.

reaf #8.1.1.1 reafOG 2002

haha...yikes...

rocksupastar #9 rocksupastarFounder

i am the jersey devil... least tahts what everyone says i look like

deanh77 #10 deanh77Founder

cats and racoons make some weird noises when they fight and stuff. it would definitely sound really strange if you'd never heard it before.

reaf #10.1 reafOG 2002

I definalty dont think it was that!

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