The Jersey Devil: Difference between revisions

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''I sup on your body, sip on your blood like wine

''Out world theirs, [[Don't Go in The Woods|this world]] mine''|'''[[Bruce Springsteen]]'''}}

A [[Urban Legends|cryptid]] which was supposedly first spotted in the 1700s in the [[Joisey/Trivia#Geography|Pine Barrens]] of Southern New Jersey, the Jersey Devil is often described as a horned, hooved and bipedal [[Mix-and-Match Critters|Mix -and -Match Critter]] possessing bat-like wings and an [[Multiple Choice Past|inconsistent]] origin. The most common version of the creature's tale is that it is [[Thirteen Is Unlucky|the thirteenth child]] of Mother Leeds, a Colonial-era [[Really Gets Around|a whore]] and/or [[Wicked Witch|witch]] who, while giving birth, yelled out "let it be the devil!" for varying reasons, such as preferring to birth the spawn of [[Satan]] instead of another one of her husband's children. Either immediately or shortly after being born, the child [[One-Winged Angel|transformed]] into a monster, and fled into the wilderness, subsequently becoming "[[The X-Files|an East Coast Bigfoot]]".

* The "Pine Barrens" story-arc of ''Marvel Knights 4'' had the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]] discover that Jersey Devils are actually [[To Serve Man|hungry]] aliens.

* In [[Sy FySyfy]]'s ''Carny'', a dingy little carnival acquires a captive Jersey Devil as a sideshow attraction. When it inevitably escapes, mayhem ensues.

** The Jersey Devil was admittedly barely a framing device, and it's clear that the show, filmed in Canada, knew next to nothing about the actual Jersey Devil, describing it as an 'East Coast Bigfoot' rather than the [[Did Not Do the Research|much more unique legend behind it.]] A pity, cause they're were usually so on the ball about this kind of thing...

* There is a ''[[The World of Darkness]]'' campaign centered around the devil. {{spoiler|It's also a good example about how [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|Humans Are Bastards]].}}

* In ''[[Poptropica]]'', the Jersey Devil is one of four monsters whose existence must be proven by finding them on Cryptids Island.

* The ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'' episode ''The Long Weekend'' depicts the Jersey Devil as a flying moose with eagle wings and a lion's tail. The creature terrorizes a sprite village for seven days every one-hundred years, and is defeated when Jake's father sprays it with bear repellent (somehow mistaking it for a bear) and [[Disney Villain Death|throws it off a cliff]].

* To Jersey Devil experts January 16th-23rd16–23 of 1909 is known as phenomenal week. Over a hundred perfectly sane people who had never touched a drop of whiskey in their lives claimed to have seen the Devil. Livestock went missing, crops were raided, pets were killed, and tracks in the snow were everywhere. Hunters and trappers said they had never seen tracks like them, and when a hunting party tried to follow one of the trails the dogs refused to come. Some track ways went out into an open area and then disappeared. Experts stay skeptical but lots of New Jersey residents remain convinced that this thing exists and has for over two-nigh unto three hundred-seventy years.