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Paranormal record / 1909

Phenomenal Week: the 1909 Jersey Devil sighting wave

January 16, 1909 · Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, from Bristol, Pennsylvania, and Burlington to Camden and Gloucester City, United States
52Partially documented Paranormal Being / humanoid 52 sources 9 videos

January 1909. Bristol, Pennsylvania. Around two in the morning, a patrolman on Buckley Street saw a peculiar animal. It hopped like a bird. It let out a terrible scream. He fired his revolver twice. For the next seven days, the Leeds Devil seemed to be everywhere. Hoofprints crossed the snow and stopped dead, as if the creature had taken flight. A couple in Gloucester City watched it from their window. Firemen turned a hose on it. Police in Camden opened fire. Posses searched the countryside, and newspapers printed hundreds of accounts. Then came a capture, a kangaroo and a hoax. Writers later gave the episode its name. Phenomenal Week.

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Context

The Leeds Devil was already a regional legend in 1909. A winged, hoofed thing out of South Jersey folklore. People also called it the Jersey Devil, or simply the What-Is-It.

Sources (52, most influential first)

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  2. Jersey Devil history, fake news and Norman Jeffries · Philadelphia Inquirer· 2019-01-23 · Academic / paper of record · news
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