Tag Archives: Jersey Devil

Real, or Not?

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Came across this article about a book written by a Jersey Devil descendant, Bill Sprouse. The book titled, “The Domestic Life of The Jersey Devil: or, BeBop’s Miscellany” attempts to prod through family history to explain the story. While I do agree that the original tale of the demon being born to Mrs. Leeds could be explained away by saying she had a physically or mentally handicapped child, it doesn’t account for the sightings that have happened regularly since the 1700’s. Looks like an interesting read though and should definitely offer some insight into the Leeds family.

Submitted/An iconic image of the Jersey Devil

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Bigfoot in New Jersey!?!

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For those of you who are not watching Animal Planet’s hit show Finding Bigfoot, I pity you. This fine piece of television brilliance takes viewers right into the thick of bigfoot hunting and smothers you in all kinds of squatchy goodness. It’s worth the watch for Bobo, the lovable, lumbering trucker hat-wearing bigfoot hunter, alone. Check out this clip of a bigfoot rave they are going to throw in the woods…yup, that happened.

Anyway, this show is one of my must watch (not so) guilty pleasures. The only thing better than squatching is squatching in my homeland of New Jersey. Now you may not think of New Jersey as a bigfoot habitat but let me assure you, there are sighting here. While they occur mainly in the northwest part of the state, I was curious to see this article today showing that the BFRO group recently filmed an episode in the Pinelands of South Jersey.

I’ve never heard of any bigfoot reports from the south so I’m very interested to check out this episode when Finding Bigfoot begins airing again in November. Maybe bigfoot got together with my boy, The Jersey Devil, and had a rave in the Pinelands with Bobo-now that would be good t.v.!

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The Return?

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When I saw this article yesterday, I thought our old friend, The Jersey Devil, was back in town. Perhaps he heard that I was writing a story about him and wanted to check up on it. Perhaps he wanted revenge for some unknown slight. Well, it wasn’t The Jersey Devil but a runaway goat on the Pulaski Skyway. For those that are not aware of the Pulaski Skyway area, it’s an urban area that should NOT have a goat running around it…at all.

If it were JD, I’d hope that he’d be proud of my WIP so far. The story is about a girl who finds out that it is her destiny to be the one to banish The Jersey Devil from the woods of New Jersey. She reluctantly embraces her fate and, with the help of some local witches, faces off in an epic battle against the monster. I hope to post the first chapter here shortly for preview/opinions.

In the meantime, stay alert, watch your back and do go out alone-The Jersey Devil may be lurking….even on The Pulaski Skyway!

Jersey-Devil

What Ever Happened To Predictability?

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What ever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy, evening tv?

(Okay, I may be dating myself there with that reference but I couldn’t help myself.)

I recently finished up an outline for my next story. It’s about a girl whose chance reading with a psychic leads her to discover her true destiny is as the one person who was meant to banish the Jersey Devil forever. The momentary elation of finishing a solid outline was quickly eclipsed by my old friend, self-doubt. Self-doubt whispers to me that it is sure there are dozens of Young Adult Jersey Devils books and they are all way better than anything I could have possibly dreamed up. Self-doubt also told me that my characters were flat and the whole story was impossibly predictable. *sigh* Despite anything self-doubt tells me, I’m going to plow ahead with a first draft.

Can a story be predictable and still good? Are there any great, predictable stories?