Legends
Life is good: I'm at work, it's 4:00 pm, and I just opened up a nice Mike's Hard Lemonade to wash away the last hour. It's about 85 degrees, sunny, no humidity.....
LOVE IT!!!
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I know those of you in the Northeast US would probably have heard this story....
The tale of the New Jersey Devil goes back over 400 years. The stories say that a mythical half-beast that haunts the Pine Barrens. The first of these stories goes back to the Native Americans who inhabited this region. In fact, the Native American name for the region is Popuessing which means place of the dragon.
The most popular of the explanations talks of a a woman, Mrs. Shrouds of Leeds Point, NJ. When Mrs. Shrouds discovered she was pregnant with her 13th child she cried "I hope it is a devil!" and she got her wish. The child was born with the head of a horse, wings, a tail and horns. Other stories say that Mrs. Shrouds was a witch and the father of the child the devil himself. There are several other versions, most of which feature poor Mrs. Shrouds.
Over the years there have been various sightings reported to local and state police agencies. More than a few artist renditions of the creature have been drawn, based on witness accounts.
(click here for a more detailed version of the story)
I am such a sucker for a scary story....tell me the old urban legends of your home town/state, make me shiver! ;)
LOVE IT!!!
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I know those of you in the Northeast US would probably have heard this story....
The tale of the New Jersey Devil goes back over 400 years. The stories say that a mythical half-beast that haunts the Pine Barrens. The first of these stories goes back to the Native Americans who inhabited this region. In fact, the Native American name for the region is Popuessing which means place of the dragon.
The most popular of the explanations talks of a a woman, Mrs. Shrouds of Leeds Point, NJ. When Mrs. Shrouds discovered she was pregnant with her 13th child she cried "I hope it is a devil!" and she got her wish. The child was born with the head of a horse, wings, a tail and horns. Other stories say that Mrs. Shrouds was a witch and the father of the child the devil himself. There are several other versions, most of which feature poor Mrs. Shrouds.
Over the years there have been various sightings reported to local and state police agencies. More than a few artist renditions of the creature have been drawn, based on witness accounts.
(click here for a more detailed version of the story)
I am such a sucker for a scary story....tell me the old urban legends of your home town/state, make me shiver! ;)
posted by Miss_Vicki at 4:00 PM
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