The Jersey Devil legend originated back in 1735 when a woman known as “Mother Leeds” reportedly gave birth to the sinister cryptid. Since then, persistent reports of Jersey Devil sightings have trickled in over the years, including more than a hundred in a single week in 1909 and two other substantial periods of increased activity occurred in 1951-1952 and 2009. …
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The Jersey Devil
There’s an infamous cryptid hunting its prey around areas of New Jersey affectionately known as the Jersey Devil. First documented some two hundred and fifty years ago, this creature may have originated in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey and was originally known as the Leeds Devil after a woman known to history as Mother Leeds (thought to be Deborah …
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