Ghost Story of the New Jersey Devil :: Urban Legends Ghost Stories

The refreshful jersey ragThe urban legend I chose to write about for this assignment is the story of the Jersey ogre. The Jersey Devil is a creature that was, according to legend, born from a woman in southern unexampled Jersey and it is supposed to have haunted the slew of the surrounding area for at least 260 twelvemonths. The Jersey Devil is cognise as a creature that mutilates livestock as well as other animals and is say to appear shortly before disasters occur.I was satisfactory to listen to two versions of the story surrounding the Jersey Devil eyepatch conducting research for this assignment. The first story cashier is an 18 year gray-headed female from Rockaway, New Jersey. This town is a suburban community in northern New Jersey with the majority of residents belonging to the economic nerve class. I collected this story during a trip to see my parents on April 1, 2006 at the story tellers home. She told me the story shortly after dinner so it was nearly d ark when she told me the story. The second story teller is a 15 year old female that is to a fault from Rockaway, New Jersey. This story teller also told me the story of the Jersey Devil on April 1, 2006, and also delivered the story from her home during dinner.When the first story teller, the 18 year old female, began to tell me her version of the story of the Jersey Devil, she first said that she did not know much about the legend. She then explained to me that the Jersey Devil is an animal-like creature that lives in the Pine Barrens (the Pine Barrens is a sparsely populated, silvan area of southern New Jersey). He has been seen by many an(prenominal) polar people who have camped in the area, and he has killed several campers over many years. She finished her story by saying that he is very shivery and that she has been afraid of the Jersey Devil for years. When I asked her where she heard this story, she told me that she could not esteem but she did remember hearing a bout the story while she was in elementary school.The second story teller, the 15 year old female, also stated that she did not really know much about the Jersey Devil. She started by saying that he lives in the woods, and then corrected herself by saying that he lives in the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey.