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Sharp claws. Glowing red eyes. Giant leathery wings.
For 300 years, New Jersey residents say, the sinister beast has been haunting the state’s sparsely populated Pine Barrens. One tale says the Jersey Devil was the 13th child born to a woman who, in agony, cursed the infant’s birth. The kid sprouted wings and flew up the chimney. (Another tale says the mom had sex with Satan.)
The creature has been accused of eating children, abusing maids, devouring livestock, and attacking a train. Although its existence has never been proven, the devil graces the names of Garden State rollercoasters and an NHL franchise. And who knows what happens on dark nights around Halloween, in the desolate Pine Barrens?
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