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Cryptids and UFOs in New Jersey

Jersey Devil: the creatures, UFO files and strange history of New Jersey, all in one place.

  • 1 creatures with famous cases
  • 174 Air Force UFO files
  • 19 old newspaper reports
  • 2 places to visit

Creatures reported in New Jersey

Jersey Devilaka Leeds Devil, 13th child of Mother LeedsA hooved, winged devil said to haunt the New Jersey Pine Barrens since 1735.

Famous cases

  1. 1909Phenomenal Week
    Jersey Devil · Delaware Valley, NJ/PA

UFO files

From the old newspapers

Strange creatures, sea serpents and mystery airships reported in New Jersey papers before 1927.

  1. 1869A porgy fisherman's serpent in Newark Bay
    Bayonne
  2. 1888A horned black beast in the Great Bear Swamp
    New Brunswick
  3. 1891A wild man who lives on grass
    Wayne
  4. 1896The wild man of the great swamp
    Waterford Works
  5. 1896Fishermen kill a horned sea monster
    Cape May
  6. 1897A huge cylinder flashing red fire
    Camden
  7. 1899A thing with arms rises off Ship John Light
    Bayside
  8. 1899The Leeds Devil returns to the Pines
    Vincentown
  9. 1904A horse-headed swimmer in Raritan Bay
    South Amboy
  10. 1907A 100-foot monster snaps a propeller off Ocean City
    Ocean City
  11. 1909Hoof prints in the snow across South Jersey
    Gloucester City
  12. 1909A red neck through the dining-room window
    Vineland

All 19 newspaper reports from New Jersey

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