Purported to be the thirteenth child of witchy Mother Leeds, the Jersey Devil emerged as a bouncing kangaroo-shaped, bat-winged baby in 1735 in the in the Leeds Point section of what is now Atlantic County in New Jersey. Before flying up the chimney, the critter killed the midwife. Then it flew circles around the town and finally disappeared into the forest. That’s one version of the legend. Sightings have been reported since then with a lull after a clergyman […]
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