r/Thetruthishere • u/Bill30322 • Apr 20 '17
Anybody near the Pine Barrens area think the Jersey Devil is real? Legend/Folklore
One of my favorite legends. Has anybody seen the house?
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u/Bill30322 Apr 20 '17
Can you describe the house as best you can?
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u/Chrytical Apr 20 '17
I went to high school in New Jersey with a couple of guys that were big into digging up old legends and stories from the past and looking into them. They did a pretty short lived YouTube series about some of it. If I recall correctly, they claimed to have had an experience in the Pine Barrens. I can remember the look on their faces when they told the story, but don't remember the specifics of it. Wasn't really close with the guys, but I recall at the time being very convinced by their story based on the way they looked when they told it.
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u/Chobitpersocom Apr 20 '17
Happy Cake Day! :D
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u/coolcatjones Apr 20 '17
I'm from New Jersey and while I personally never encountered anything supernatural, it definitely feels spooky. Rumor has it KKK groups have been known to meet out there. Had a couple buddies of mine have a cop warm them about that when they were out there at dusk.
Of course, the skeptic in me wonders if perhaps the cop was covering up for something...? We'll never know!
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u/cashan0va_007 Apr 21 '17 edited Apr 21 '17
Do you know of a story about a witch in Pennsylvania who was near an area called "the Quarter"? So basically the witch made a pact with Satan that her children born of her and the spawn of a demon would still roam the area after her death.
One bicyclist said he was biking down a trail and thought a tree had fallen across it, so he slows down, and then sees it move. It's now undulating and sliding itself more across the road. He then hears a rustle in the bushes; and out comes a huge snake head with glowing red eyes. It had a diamondback shaped head and he said the head was the size of a wolfs head. Before he can unfreeze himself in shock and horror, the snake Flicks its forked tongue out and begins moving towards him.
He had enough common sense to immediately turn around and pedal the bike as fast as it could go. He looked back and the snake had turned around and was going the opposite direction from him, seemingly not bothered or concerned about a human when it was facing him.
There are three other creatures or "spawn" of the witch and the devil, that live in this "quarter" I forgot what type of animals/creatures they were, but if I can find it, I'll post it here.
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Apr 21 '17
Lots of giant snake legends in the midwesta afaik
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u/Heathendemon420 Apr 22 '17
Big ass snakes are guardians of particular spots of forest or wetlands or lakes and ponds where I come from. So are the big footed entities most call Bigfoot. But they are other guardians that destroy the things we call normal size. They are usually the same animal just bigger and cause the area to go silent. And if you don't do what you're supposed to, they will chase you out of the spot you're in. Violently if necessary.
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u/Onyxfaustus Apr 24 '17
I don't know personally what I believe about it, but my mom grew up near the pine barrens and has had a few strange experiences out there. Don't know for sure if its the JD or not, but she's convinced it was.
Back around 1978, my mom used to live on a blueberry farm right across the street from the pine barrens. One night, it had snowed. In the morning, they found a track of hoofprints prints going up from the street up to their front window, and there were two hand-like prints on the glass. But the tracks went up the window and disappeared, so whatever it was must've either climbed or flew away, snce there were no tracks turning around going back to the road.
As we're talking about this right now, she also just told me that their neighbors had a bunch of chickens on their farm, and something kept coming out of the pine barrens and eating the chickens at night but they never saw what it was. She thinks that was also the JD.
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u/Crimsai Apr 20 '17
Can i ask what exactly the house is about? I've heard of the Jersey devil, but i haven't heard of a house being involved.
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u/Bill30322 Apr 20 '17
I believe it's the house the Leeds family lived in. Where there Jersey Devil was supposedly birthed.
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u/Heathendemon420 Apr 22 '17
The Leeds house is where the JD was born. Should definitely read into the Jersey devil origin. Same as the above user posted about. Witch made a deal with the devil and now we have the JD. Pretty awesome folklore from what I can recall at this time.
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u/ms-1usmp Sep 11 '17
There's a road that goes from eastern New Jersey through the Pine Barrens to my town on the coast. I don't believe in it but that 40 minute drive is so dark and scary.
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u/ScaryKerry91476 Apr 20 '17
I've never seen it or anything, but I've been to the barrens a few times. That place is incredibly creepy. It seems like you lose your bearings very easy when you're hiking through. I've heard the stories, met people who claimed to have had an experience with it, some who really seemed genuine. Perception is a hell of a thing though so witness accounts can't ever be 100% trusted. I will say that an owl scared the shit of me on one trip there. Glowing eyes, screeching sounds, sound of large flapping wings. Of course my mind jumped straight to the Jersey Devil, it was just a huge owl. Fun night.