The Jersey Devil: Jan 1909

[unstable bob gable]

January 1909 saw the most widespread period of sightings ever recorded. Thousands of people claimed to have seen the Jersey Devil during the week of January 16 – 23. Newspapers nationwide followed the story and published eyewitness reports. Hysteria gripped the entire state during this terrible week.

16th (Saturday) — The Devil was sighted flying over Woodbury.
17th (Sunday) — In Bristol, Pennsylvania, several people saw the creature and tracks were found in the snow the following day.
18th (Monday) — Burlington was covered in strange tracks that seemed to defy logic; some were found on rooftops; others started and stopped abruptly, with no origin or destination. Several other towns found similar footprints.
19th (Tuesday) — Nelson Evans and his wife, of Gloucester, found the Devil outside their window at 2:30 AM .
Mr. Evans gave the following account: "It was about three feet and a half high, with a head like a collie dog and a face like a horse. It had a long neck, wings about two feet long, and its back legs were like those of a crane, and it had horse's hooves. It walked on its back legs and held up two short front legs with paws on them. It didn't use the front legs at all while we were watching. My wife and I were scared, I tell you, but I managed to open the window and say, 'Shoo!' and it turned around, barked at me, and flew away".
Two Gloucester hunters tracked the Devil's seemingly impossible trail for 20 miles. The trail appeared to jump fences and squeeze under eight-inch gaps. Sightings were reported in several other towns.
20th (Wednesday) — In Haddonfield and Collingswood, posses were formed to find the Devil. They watched him fly off toward Moorestown, where he was later sighted by at least two people.
21st (Thursday) — The Devil attacked a trolley car in Haddon Heights, but was chased off. Trolley cars in several other towns began to maintain armed guards. Several poultry farmers found their chickens dead. The Devil was reported to have walked into an electric rail in Clayton, but if this did happen, it did not kill the beast. A telegraph worker near Atlantic City claimed to have shot the Devil and watched him limp into the woods. If so, he was not fazed much because he continued his assault, visiting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and West Collingswood, New Jersey (where he was hosed by the local fire department). The Devil prepared to attack nearby people, who threw whatever they could find at it. Right as he was about to strike, the Devil flew away. He emerged later in Camden and injured a dog, ripping a chunk of flesh out before the dog's owner drove it away. This is the first Devil attack on a living creature that was witnessed.
22nd (Friday) — Last day of sightings. By now many towns were in a panic, with businesses and schools closed for fear of the creature. It was, however, only seen a few times that day and did not attack anything.
In addition to the number of major attacks and sightings, the Devil was sighted flying over many other towns.

[Brando56894]

i read this in weird NJ, but not to this extent

[98tadriver]

January 1909 Shrooms were introduced into NJ, and people were eating them, and seein *****, having bad trips..

[Savage_Messiah]

2 more years till the centennial!

[DieselKickYoAss4Sure]

Originally Posted by 98tadriver

January 1909 Shrooms were introduced into NJ, and people were eating them, and seein *****, having bad trips..

sais here that the thing was only three and a half feet Kasey you sure he wasnt related to you in some way! I wonder if he ran around go ing fear the V6 !

[j0n]

Originally Posted by Savage_Messiah

2 more years till the centennial!

who's up for a camping/hiking/hunting trip when the centennial arrives at my dad's hunting lodge in the middle of the pine barrons?

[Fast92RS]

Cool. Im really interested with the stories of the jersey devil.

[Ian]

Originally Posted by j0n

who's up for a camping/hiking/hunting trip when the centennial arrives at my dad's hunting lodge in the middle of the pine barrons?

OH HELL YEAH!!!!!

[deadtrend1]

Originally Posted by j0n

who's up for a camping/hiking/hunting trip when the centennial arrives at my dad's hunting lodge in the middle of the pine barrons?

ah, a nice expedition into the pine bearings ...

[Savage_Messiah]

Originally Posted by j0n

who's up for a camping/hiking/hunting trip when the centennial arrives at my dad's hunting lodge in the middle of the pine barrons?

and beer and im there

[DieselKickYoAss4Sure]

Originally Posted by j0n

who's up for a camping/hiking/hunting trip when the centennial arrives at my dad's hunting lodge in the middle of the pine barrons?

Woot! Lets do it any body up for soem off roading as well while were out there in all that Dirt, The dakota likes the pine barrens.

[paul100]

Channel 6 in Phila, did a report on the Jersey devil. They think they figured out what the devil is. Here is the link.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/index?se...ews&id=4652885

[Blacdout96]

LOL, im sick of all the reporters being around here all the time doin this crap. I live about 2 miles from the rubble. infact my friends house was a couple hundred yards from teh place. You know how embarrasing ti is to see the leeds on tv telling the story, you can almost smell the alcohol breath coming from the TV. but in any case, sure im up for this trip. ill smack the jersey devil up if he comes to the site. Ive been in my woods many a nights, and not once saw or hear the devil, so either the damn thing finally died, or it decided to let Kasey take over his thrown.

[DieselKickYoAss4Sure]

i used to go dirt bike riding in the pines alll the time the scaryest thing back there is the tiger lady! and the pinys that live back there in sheds!

[Savage_Messiah]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

so either the damn thing finally died, or it decided to let Kasey take over his thrown.

[bad64chevelle]

Im game for going to the pines, looking for that bastard, and doing some off roadin!