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Did u get your 1k new subs from NJ I am from NJ and just subbed so add me to it! I want to hear your jersey devil story. My family has stories about that pine barrens
I live in a rural part of NJ. It's creepy at night. One night my wife heard a blood curdling scream. My neighbor told us it was a fox. I can see how the early settlers imagined the devil was running around at night!
@@samanthab1923 More than a quarter of the state is sparsely populated. Hard to believe when looking at Sopranos reruns, but the NW and much of the South are isolated.
@@galacticbananastopmotions7292 It is so different down there. My mother in law lives in Whiting NJ. I grew up in Monmouth & when my parent built our house it was all woods & horse farms.
i live in southwest new jersey, i remember my grandma’s house’s backyard was part of the pinebarrens. i would go in the pines sometimes and be a bit scared, i knew that it wasn’t real because i’m half believer half skeptic, but we all know that even if you don’t believe in something, it can still be bone chilling. nostalgia. love you grandma, wish you were still here.
@@n.c.pictures southern new jersey comes to a POINT!!! Been in jersey all my life...NEVER heard anybody say SOUTHWEST JERSEY!!! Where the hell is that...what town or cities is considered southwest jersey
@@dashantyler1475 is only that little tip part of southern jersey? Didn't think so, the barrens are a bit further north where the state is a wee bit wider to a point where you can specify which side you mean 😂
@@n.c.pictures notice how you had to say " WEE BIT BIGGER" 😂 I still need to know what town we are talking about lol I'm not mad or messing with anyone or anything like that...just curious
My grandpop told me of couple times is father saw the jersey devil once. And he told me when he was growing up in marlton. They hard something scraping up their neighbors home and when they went outside they saw claw marks going up the side of the house and these weren't normal animal claw marks. That story still gives me chills today this day and I'm 39 now.
It's two-fold - culturally, the Revolutionary War was more like a civil war within New Jersey, lots of dirty ambushes - late-night bayonettings by the usually more well-inforned loyaliats who had a large degree of local sympathy, their numbers swelled by refugees and 'refugees' fleeing from up north of the state. At one point, George Washington had to abandon supporting the patriot insurgents in the South which led to even less oversight and more violence from the desperation. NJ was the state most devestated by the war both physically and socially. By the end of things many of the loyalista refused to leave, simply retreating into the Pines and forming insular communities, bucking off inroads of the newly-formed state and functioning as basically an very low-scale insurgency - 'pine bandits' - spreading tales of dangers and mythical beasts to ward off development of the area. The basis for the 'Pineys' of today. Economically, there's not a bit of it that somebody hasn't TRIED to develop, but the soil and water just eats away at everything. Too much work to keep things going and not much there worth the effort to begin with. So it's full of ruins and abandoned structures. The Pines just eat things up and fire only aids the process, helping pitch pines to spread their seeds. A paradise for misanthropes, even the trees hate you for coming to visit.
One of my great grandfathers, Benjamin De Marest (Demarest) had his barn burned by British troops during one their trips across the state FROM New York to Philadelphia and back. After the war the Continental Congress awarded him 16 pounds to replace the barn. I think it is claim #103.
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se they tried to live/farm in some areas there back in the colonial times, but you really can’t grown anything in the sandy soil. Mostly it was used for harvesting timber, I think, and iron ore before all the steel mills started up. By the time the area became more populated (1960s?) and developers were looking for places to build, the pines had protection status. They took what they could, but today, most of it is heavily protected. That being said, areas on the outer edges that were forest when I was a kid, they are full of McMansions today. Interesting, what the poster says here, about people making up the legends to keep people away….he is right about the origins of some of the people who live there, and what it’s like today….though I find it to be a very beautiful place. Welcoming…I don’t know. When I was a teenager, we talked a guy from suburban Cherry Hill into driving back there to look for a party we heard about…of course his regular car got stuck in the sand, and while we were trying to figure out what to do, along comes this pickup truck with wheels so big you practically needed a ladder to get in the thing. The two men in it offered us a ride back to civilization, and didn’t say one word to us the whole ride. When the Cherry Hill guy went back to retrieve his car, it was stripped to the bone.
I'm originally from Central Jersey where it's more rolling hills than South Jersey's scrubby pine trees and sandy soil, but now that I live down here it's not hard to understand why people would believe this legend. I've driven down Route 539 many times on my way to AC, and it's easily one of the darkest, most anxiety-inducing routes that you would not expect in a densely populated state like NJ. Most picture North Jersey when they think of the state, but I can assure you that the 25% that makes up the Pine Barrens looks more like rural Georgia than Newark. The Northwestern corner of the state is also sparsely populated but with a different topography (Appalachian mts. actually run through it), and they have their own ghost stories. Both areas are tons of fun for exploring historic and abandoned places.
Yes this is true ppl outside of NJ don't realize north and south jersey are like two different states almost lol. Im from Camden county. And it's like I live in a small city. But in any which way I could be in a completely different area.
I, too, have lived in central Jersey and made the drive on 539 south to A.C. many times late at night. I'm glad our car never broke down on that particular stretch after Manchester cause that's how most horror movies start.
Born and raised in Salem county, the most rural county in the state, you didn’t go in the woods at night, and yeah the difference between north and south Jersey is crazy.
I grew up solidly center west jersey, close enough that the Delaware was a 15 minute drive. That part of the state is pretty flat overall and good for Farmland which these days has developed into a lot of suburbia. Not too many large wooded areas..I used to go out at night walking on purpose since it was so calm and peaceful and pretty well lit
In 1984, while in Army Basic Training at Fort Dix, I drew a guard duty shift (2 to 3 am) while my Company camped in the Pine Barons. I was barely 18 at the time; still just a boy. BUT - I was aware of the ‘Devil’. So there I am, walking around in the mist surrounding by scores of slumbering trainees. My mind wandered. Devil Lore filled my mind. SPOOKED MYSELF! No Devil came that night, but damn, those woods were creepy!
Those old bases are huge too. Very scary. My mother in law lives in Whiting. We would drive down in the summer & go to the lake with her. Straight shoot down Rt. 539. Once there was a fatality so the state cops closed the road & opened up the base for us to drive
5 39 is one scary Road!! I broke down on that Road one night myself mind you the phone service does not work on this road thank God for the Little House on the right at the end of the road the old lady open the door and let me use her phone that is the scariest road at night. No lights no phone service I had a big ball of light follow-me 2 the end of that road one night on my way home from my mother's in Tuckerton it's definitely scary to say the least
I actually live right near fort dix and yeah, the pine barrens are really creepy. I always even in the house feel like there is something outside watching. Funnily enough the jersey devil has become somewhat of a mascot for the towns nearby.
I grew up and still live here in South Jersey (the proper way of stating where we're from). I have known all about The Jersey Devil, as it was born in Leed's Point, Galloway Township, Atlantic County. I remember a rash of sightings that occurred in the mid to late 60's in Green Bank and Lower Bank just north of Egg Harbor City, where I grew up. I would LOVE to hear your personal encounter with the Jersey Devil. Please do this!
I def want to hear your encounter story. I'm skeptical of the supernatural now, but I love that sort of thing. Plus, I know, and accept, that there are things I don't know and never will.
If you ever get the chance, please do visit Brandon T Byrne State Park in the Pine Barrens. It is the closest area you can get to that is near the alleged home of the Jersey Devil. The camp grounds are very nice with modern bathroom facilities and cabins. Don't forget, New Jersey is ripe in history from Washington's Crossing all the way Lakehurst, the crash site of the Hindenburg. Lakehurst is not far from the state park, and an easy drive to it. Visit the area, you will not regret it!!
My mom’s family lived in Lakehurst from the 1950s to 1990s. I spent a lot of time there as a child. When I was swimming at the Lakehurst lake, I used to find pieces of blue-green glassy material that looked like turquoise. I later found out that during the Revolutionary War, there was an iron forge near the shore of the lake. The turquoise-looking substance was actually slag from the iron forge. The turquoise slag was only produced by 18th-century iron forges. I used to have a shoebox full of these pretty “rocks”. I wish I still had them!
Its so true, what ppl dont know about NJ is a lot. I live in beautiful Warren County. Theres places here that look like the Adirondacks, Vermont etc...
I've always wondered why the New Jersey NHL team is the "Devils." Now I know. Thank you Ryan and for all your great content too! I always enjoy your videos.
The crazy part is the jersey devil is a south jersey thing and the NHL team are in north jersey. Most of south jersey are Philadelphia Flyers fans. North and south jersey might as well be 2 different states. They are completely different.
@@millster9389 oh yes..lots of pinelands there too. Would Long Beach Island be considered central jersey? That is my second home every summer. I never know if that is considered central or south. I guess its kind of in between.
Spent many nights camping in the Pine Barrens in the late sixties early seventies. Never heard or saw the Jersey Devil. Probably the livestock deaths were coyotes or even wolves back a 100 years ago.
Thank you! I too grew up in NJ. Never ventured that far south, my brothers liked to & canoe down there. Graduated HS in 77 & I swear never heard of the Jersey Devil.
I grew up in south Jersey,never camped there but hiked the forest a lot. Even as a 10 yr old child I felt a heaviness in those pines,a negative kind of energy. Interesting you mention coyotes,,they're back in NJ now,for about the last 20 years. From my home in the farmlands of Salem County I can hear them sometimes at night......
a panic sends people into the woods, coyotes and wolves get disturbed and go further into the exurbs and suburbs and cause trouble, more panic, more disturbances etc. etc.
You can explore the Pine Barrens forever and still not see everything - just hiked near Pakim Pond - so beautiful during the day yet terrifying at night. The sounds at night are unnerving to say the least- people have claimed to have seen Bigfoot, Dogman, giant flying birds, devils and ghosts. Not for the faint of heart
@@biden_warr3nx767 , have done it many times. Beautiful place to canoe,hike and camp. Better in the early spring and late fall because there are less ticks, chiggers, and mosquitoes.
I lived in the town of Pemberton NJ. I worked at a facility just off rt 72 in the Pine Barrens. I have camped in the Warton Forest and hiked the Batona trail. Knowing an officer with the Pemberton TWP Police, he once told me a story of one of the officers yelling over the radio that an animal was keeping up with the patrol car going at high speeds down Lakehurst Road near the Whitesbog Village. It was told that the animal had wings, was running, and not only kept up with the patrol car but was watching the Officer as he was freaking out! It was told that the animal simply got bored and veered off into the forest before getting the populated area of Country Lakes. While camping in the Lebanon State Forest, now called Brendan T Byrne State Forest, I have heard things at night that simply were not normal animal sounds. Every now and then you had the feeling of you being watched! If you go to the parks visitor center, there were Rangers who have accounts of situations told to them by visitors and can direct you to the brick foundation of where the home of the Jersey Devil family resided. If you want to visit Carranza Memorial, it is right on the Batona Trail by the Batona Campground and Carranza Road. I have loved the depth of the Pine Barrens, and feel like I am home whenever I visit.
I lived in Presidential Lakes from '77 to '85. I went to school with a guy that talked about riding around in the woods beyond the "Backlakes". He was on a Honda 3 wheeler, his brother and friends on dirt bikes. They had stopped and were talking when they heard something large stomping around in the woods close to them. They all split not wanting to see what was making the racket. The dirt bikes were faster than the 3 wheeler, whatever it was kept pace with the Honda. He was on it for all it was worth. It was running in the woods beside him, said he could hear branches breaking. You could see the fear in his eyes as he told the tale. It was definitely a creepy area.
I live in New Jersey, and I have driven through the Pine Barrens. There is something about the land there that creates a "spooky" feeling, leading people to be likely to believe there is something supernatural going on in the area. And the description of the Jersey Devil resembles a teenager holding long pine branches and waving them like scary monster arms. Furthermore there are bears in the forest.
When my daughter was younger we often took long walks in the Pine Barrrens, usually starting off of 206, we often totaled over 15 miles. Once or twice we walked too far and had to return at dusk, once at night. The area is quite beautiful during the day, at night it's scary as hell.
Well you got one new sub from Jersey right here! My sis is the one who had the great idea of telling me the story when she was babysitting me one night in a storm. Lowkey scared me to death thinking the rain was hoofbeats on the roof. And we live allll the way up in central jersey (it exists!) - this story is known statewide.
I grew up in Monmouth County and I remember being exposed to the story of the Jersey Devil around 5 when I was at summer camp. Apparently the story was that the Devil sometimes hid in the well on the property.
After Cold Play performed at MetLife Stadium a couple weeks back and my friend and I were driving down to his beach shore in LBI and this was around 1 in the morning, a couple of exits before LBI's exit we both clearly saw something probably around 10-15 feet fall with swings literally like a pterodactyl flying across the Garden State parkway from the left side of the trees to the right, barely above the few cars around us. It was probably like 70 yards in front of us but it was beyond visable. It wasn't necessarily moving in a flying motion but more so in a slow-motion swooping motion and then before you knew it the thing literally disappeared. Im not big on myths or like big foot but I know for a fact whatever me and my boy saw was the "Jersey Devil" whether it be that or a creature that nobody has discovered yet.
I grew up in the Pine Barrens in an old glassmaking town. It is a spooky place at night. Excellent video! You covered all the bases, glass, iron, blueberries, cranberries, and the American Revolution history. Never saw or heard the Devil myself, but I grew up hearing the stories, and I've been to the old birth site.
Lived in seavile and worked in mays landing (Wheaton plastics) every body had a"woods buggy"and we would go for miles in the pines,lots of fun and great hunting.the only strange things we ever saw was us😮
I am a owner operator truck driver. My friend was taking the road that goes through the Jersey Pine barrens he is also a truck driver he had a load of bagged mulch on a flat bed trailer. He told me all of a sudden this young man in his mid twenties came running out of the woods in front of his truck and did not move frooze in front of his fully loaded truck self inflicted suicide. This ordeal ruined my friend he keeps having flashbacks of that night. The eerie thing is no car or belongings were found of the victim just out of know where he came running out of the pine barrens.
Regardless of the legend. The vast derelict 🏚️ locations in the woods is awesome and so worth exploring and documenting. I love stuff like that. It's not about the "creature" it's about the location and old buildings and sites, and other old stuff in the woods that really captivates me and makes me want to explore a ton about that region.
I grew up near there. I always thought that the problem was that when the Scarfo family dug a grave, for one of their victims, they would hit the previously dug grave of a Gambino family hit victim.
Haha, my mother grew up in the area, and that’s what she always says, that the mafia used the pines as a burial ground. Can’t imagine it’s very easy to dig graves in sand, though.
The Pine Barrens historically covered about third of the state. Visitors who only know New Jersey from the NYC suburbs, the shore (as we call the beach), and driving through on the Turnpike can remain unaware of the rural stretches of the state. The Pine Barrens used to be a little piece of Appalachia -- there was even a kind of country music called Piney music -- and an early socio-genetic study described two families, called the Jukes and the Kallikaks, who were supposedly genetically disposed to poverty and crime. It's still an interesting place to visit ecologically and historically.
I live in the South Jersey Pines, and I am a descendant of the Leeds Family on my mothers side. My great grandmother Leeds passed a few years ago, followed by my grandmother (Leeds) who just passed earlier this year… We are descendants of Jeremiah Leeds who was also the First Settler in Atlantic City, which is 5-10mins from where I grew up. I currently live a block away from Leeds Point, where the Legend is said to have taken place. The Photo of the Leeds cottage that was in this video is right down the street from my house… Port Republic is the next town over where the video mentions the battle took place during the American Revolution. That monument isn’t far from home either. Also the furnaces that were also mentioned are where many people go to swim and go canoeing, But as far as the Jersey Devil goes Ive never personally experienced anything myself. but I have older relatives on the Leeds side of my family who swear they have… my siblings and cousins have been told stories of the legend since we were children. Like I said I’ve never encountered the Jersey Devil myself, but there is definitely something very strange and mysterious about this area of the Pines. The woods are very creepy, especially at night. Great Video by the way, very well made, and well put together. You definitely got your facts right. There are so many terrible, bogus videos and television shows on the topic but this was very well made. Also I would love to her your Jersey Devil Experience! Just subscribed to your channel as well, looking forward to watching more videos!
An ancestor of mine, Sammy Giberson, was the original inspiration behind "devil went down to Georgia". He battled the devil in a fiddle contest and won with a song the devil had never heard before called "the air tune". This also happened in the Jersey Pine Barrens
I've camped in the pine barrens more time than I can possible remember and never encountered the Devil. However, I did grow up in NJ, not in the pine barrens. When I was about maybe 12 or so one night we heard a very strange scratching noise on the outside of the house. My mom said strange noises like that happen in NJ. She did call the local police and they had calls from all over the Township that also heard the same strange noise. The next morning there was no damage on the house.
Could have been any sort of wildlife. I love the legends, but have never had any experiences myself. I even spent several years commuting twice daily thru the pines, driving from Long Beach Island to Medford and back at night, taking the Chatsworth shortcut route, miles and miles of nothing but pines, no streetlights. Just to spook myself, sometimes at night I’d turn my headlights off for a few seconds, to remind myself of how dark it is back there…but other than a few deer running across the road in front of my car, nothing strange ever happened during my commutes.
I love this!! I grew up right by Leeds Point Literally within walking distance to where it is said the house stood. All that was left was a brick fireplace. When I was little I loved to play in the woods. The only way my mom Could get me in was to say "if you don't come in now the jersey devil will get you" 😂
Great video, One of the main things I miss about not living in NJ is the Pine Barrens. Between the USed to just love to take off an drive thru them. Batsto, Wheaton and the Batona trail are some of my favorite areas up there
Hope you hit the goal, i live in little egg harbor about 15 mins drive from batsto and hearing folks tell stories particularly from where i live enthralls me in mystery and i love it. Theres deffo something to be said about the area but moreso the "pineys" they are some wacky folks who you could probably scrape another video together from alone.
Lived down there in the late 70s as a kid and we were always wary of the "pineys". I can say there is something of an odd feeling you get when in the Pine Barrens!
Really enjoy your vids Ryan. Going offroad in the Pine Barrens down those narrow lanes thru the forest if fun in a 4wd :) Its funny, ppl think NJ all looks like what they see from EWR or terrible tv shows. What ppl dont know about NJ is a lot. Also have one of the best public school systems in the country, educated workforce, most pharma companies are here etc and one of the lowest traffic fatality rates in the country.
I have lived near and traveled through the Pine Barrens all my life. IMO, one reason it looks "different" is the predominance of dwarf pine species of trees, whose unusually low height throws off ones sense of perspective. When we we were teenagers, at night, sometimes we would stop and turn off the car and the lights to soak up the spooky atmosphere!
I’ve lived in New Jersey my entire life. This is great because it makes me appreciate where I live a little bit more :) So many kids used to make up stories about seeing the Jersey devil… it’s hilarious 😵💫 Also I have Magellan so I’m hype I get to watch that documentary next.
I live in the Pine Barrens and Wharton State Forest and Batsto. I love the peaceful tranquility of the forest. My uncle claims to have seen the Jersey Devil in the 1960s and my ex said he saw it one night while drinking in the woods.
I'm from New Jersey and I'm a little bit of a believer myself. In 6th grade our school took us to "Mount Misery" in the Pine Barrens for a school trip where you stay a week in their cabins. They take you out in a hayride at night and tell you about the Jersey devil. Of course it's for fun but South Jersey is very rural and full of hicks it's easy to believe in the hype lol.
I grew up in Monmouth county, NJ. A few years ago I researched where the Jersey Devil was born and I paid it a visit. Apparently it was born at the Nothnagle Log House in Gibbstown, NJ. It's also one of the oldest homes in the entire US, built between 1638 and 1643 by Finnish settlers. There is an eldery lady who owns the house and if you give her a call she will give you a free tour.
I've been in those woods multiple times, it's an off feeling in some area's. I've heard a ton of unnatural noises back there. That place at night is very creepy. I live in NJ by the way, would love to hear your encounter story. Because I have a few myself.
I find it interesting how Joseph Bonaparte (Napoleon’s Brother) and Commodore Stephen Decatur shot and blew a hole through the mighty devil’s wing but gave no effect to the devil and kept flying, it was like the devil regenerated it’s wing in seconds and acted like nothing happened.
My favorite New Jersey devil story is the one where the devil climbed up the Atlantic City lighthouse and when it flew away the light house keepers were shooting at it
I never saw it either, but on some nights camping, the sounds that came from the forest made us go hang out in the bathroom facilities scared. We were so thankful when the Rangers would make their rounds through the camp areas at night! One time one of the Rangers heard it with us and went on a search for it.
I had an encounter back in my Boy Scout days. I woke up around 2ish to go pee out my tent. When I was doing my business, I saw glowing red eyes looking back me through the woods. Definitely was not human!
I grew up in the NJ pine barrens and my family goes back several generations. It is the most beautiful and clean place in the world. I will drink the cedar water right out of the river; it won't hurt you and it tastes great. Did you know...the genetics of every single blueberry you've ever eaten from the grocery store originated in NJ? and...the Jersey Devil is 100% REAL!! Take my word for it.
@@RCAvhstape No it's not. Neither is Bigfoot, Santa Clause or the Tooth Fairy. There are childish fantasies and then there's reality. I live in reality. How about you?
@@RCAvhstape This is what you believe. Really? LOL! "The legend states that Mother Leeds had twelve children and, after finding she was pregnant for the thirteenth time, cursed the child in frustration, crying that the child would be the "devil". In 1735, Mother Leeds was in labor on a stormy night while her friends gathered around her. Born as a normal child, the thirteenth child changed to a creature with hooves, a goat's head, bat wings, and a forked tail. Growling and screaming, the child beat everyone with its tail before flying up the chimney and heading into the pines. In some versions of the tale, Mother Leeds was supposedly a witch and the child's father was the devil, himself. Some versions of the legend also state that there was a subsequent attempt by local clergymen to exorcise the creature from the Pine Barrens."
Have you guys heard Lynx screeching at each other? It's the most banshee sounding thing you'll ever experience. I hike at night here in Oregon and have experienced it and it's the eeriest thing.
Yes, and I believe we had lynx in this area back when “sightings” were very common. Cougar as well, and even today, the screeches of certain owls and foxes vocalizing would make your blood run cold. I grew up on the eastern edge of the Pinelands, and there are all sorts of critters around today that make some spooky sounds at night.
I'll tell you my Jersey Devil sighting. I worked in Atlantic City and lived in Voorhees. I took the train from Lindenwold station to Atlantic City and back home every day. One night, on they way home, I saw the Jersey Devil and he easily paced the train for at least 5 minutes. I'd swear he looked right at me at one point. It was not a man and not an animal. It stood on two legs but ran on arms and legs. It was very fast. It was dark so I couldn't really see the color of the thing, but it had a very thin, very long tail, red eyes, and small, sharp looking ears which stood straight up.
I grew up in Atco. Gary Heidnick, the serial killer that abducted women and kept them in his basement in Philadelphia dumped the bodies outside Winslow. We were there when the State Police and FBI brought him to show the location.
I live in southern NJ very close to the Pine Barrens,basically on the outskirts that aren't actually a part of Batsto. I've been there manhy,many times. I can truthfully say that it definitely has a "vibe" or energy all it's own. Even as a child I found it to be very creepy. Only camped there once and can't say that I have any desire to do so again lol.....
did you hear or know of tom brown jr. who resided there, the best naturalist? or that the pine barens is all secondary growth, as the ship building wiped out the larger original trees?
My brother had an encounter in the mid 80's. The man's in his early 50's, and a combat veteran, and still says it was one of his most terrifying experiences.
I lived in NJ till I was 28, very near west Milford which is a place that is ripe with jersey devil stories and similar sorts of things. Pretty cool place to be a teenager in the 90s. Didn't think so then but I sure miss it
my dad and my uncle had an experience with the jersey devil in the 1940s. My mom told us that when they flew into the house after running almost a mile home, they were still crying. They were gone men with children at the time
Not in New Jersey my mother encountered the Mothman in the early forties as a child before they even knew the Mothman existed she used to tell us stories when we were little as an adult reading I came across the Mothman I showed her the picture I think she's had nightmares ever since yep my mother seen the Mothman as a child in Buckhannon West Virginia
the pine barrens are right behind my house and i've heard some crazy things. used to hike a couple miles back there no phone/gun/protection of any kind. one night a buddy and i brought a 12 pack back there and within ten minutes we heard this thing that sounded like if a tank had legs and starting running at us. i've never ran home so fast in my life. barely go into the woods anymore at all
thanks for this upload! March 5th ~ Its my birthday & I live here in Jersey Devil Land! NJ is 100% a true hotspot for ufo's/uap's, supernatural happenings, ect. It is full of super old legends & myths, some of the best known passed-down scary stories/folklore, creepies, crazies, (and we have the Glimmer Man, as well! I saw it with my own 3 eyes!) So go off the beaten path here ~ you will most definitely encounter something totally wild & unexplained, with memories & chills down your spine for life! ;)
We've lived in the Pine Barrens for the last 13 years. We love it here, peaceful at night, except for the sounds of nature which often includes a cacophony of frogs and crickets and birds. I love it here.
Moved there as a teenager from PA. I bitched at my parents the whole time we lived there. They moved to the Pocono's and I commented "finally a good nights sleep". Lots of creepy shit going on there.
I found your channel a few weeks back and I truly enjoy your content. Thanks for all your hard work and I sincerely hope you are extremely successful in your endeavor. All the best my friend. Edit: If you truly believe you saw something that can’t be explained by “normal” reasoning, sure! I’d love to hear your story. Please share it with us.
Also of note is that the native Lenni Lenape peoples called the area around Pine Barrens "Popuessing," which is said to mean "place of the dragon." This predates the Leeds family legend by centuries.
I live in the middle of the pine barrens, just a few miles from Batsto. Wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Subscribed, now let's hear your encounter.
Not in Jersey. New subscriber here from Phoenix, AZ, but you should count me. I'm fairly certain that my state welcomes and accommodates tons of retirees from Jersey and our Walmarts carry unlimited amounts of those wicked jogging sweat pants your so fond of. Let's here your story!
Absolutely is! Lived in jersey until I was 32. Ocean county. Born and raised. I've camped out in Chatsworth at the old train station in the woods. Slept in the tunnels. Never again lol
Look up the Brooksbrae Brick Factory. It's in Manchester township. That's one place I slept at in one of the little tunnels. I'll tell ya, never again lol there is another spot off chatsworth road but is been years since I been out that way. I can't remember that one is. I'll ask a friend who's always adventuring out that way
Correction, It should be animals that are now Extinct, Because if an animal is extinct , One can’t be hunting something that isn’t alive; Just passing this along
Hate to disappoint all you interior decorator fans but that episode was NOT ACTUALLY FILMED in the Pines. It was shot in North Jersey. Just look at the trees in the scenes they are deciduous (leaves fall off) and tall. South Jersey Pine Barrens are all shorter pines.
I'm a witch as well as a medium. When I went to the Batso village and immediately felt a man . I actually will be uploading a video going to the leeds home. There's more places I'd love to go! Lived in nj my whole life
I’ve spent all my life in & around the pine barrens. I’m from New Jersey born & bread. I’ve had a few weird things happen to me over the years. Not with the Jersey Devil , but what I believe to be Bigfoot. If you want me to tell you , please get in touch with me . I believe that there is a living ,breeding population. That either lives there year round or comes through when food resources are at its peak,blue berries ,cranberries,corn ,tomatoes , & it’s over population of deer.
Hey I know I'm late to watching this video. I'm from Jersey and I subbed.. Awesome video,I'm into the Jersey Devil as well. I live in South Jersey near Pine Barrens.. I ride my motorcycle all around the Pines and I love it!! 😁👍
My friend and his wife bought some land and built a house where there was a glass factory explosion in Atco nj. She has a huge collection of really cool glass that she finds around the property
In the pre-internet days it seemed like only people who grew up in the area had ever heard of the Jersey Devil, and even today it's still not very well-known outside of New Jersey. Even people in Philadelphia or New York, literally a 5 minutes drive from NJ, have often never heard of it. Back when they named the hockey team the New Jersey Devils, most people around the country just thought it was a cool name, but people who grew up in NJ knew why that name was picked.
You’re right about that. We moved to Matawan in 63 & then Holmdel in 70. I loved books on the Bermuda Triangle & Bigfoot, ghosts anything like that. We never heard of the Jersey Devil. In fact for such a small state a lot of folks barely know their own county. I never went further south than Seaside & only went north to ski. Great Gorge Vernon Valley. The Devils came around in 82.
"Shadow in the Pines" by Stephen Meader, is a great story from his book series in the 40s, that totally captivated me as a kid. That was one influence that sparked my imagination, and desire to explore backroads, and ruins/history in the woods. An interesting Pine Barrens snapshot on people and places how it was viewed closer to WW2. Worth finding a vintage copy!
As a kid I played in the Pine Barrens, camped, road offroad motorcycles and we told stories at night of the Devil, still never saw anything that would keep me out of there lol. even road though a forest fire on my dirt bike and was more worried about what would happen if I didn't get home for dinner on time then the fire or anything else lol.
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Did u get your 1k new subs from NJ I am from NJ and just subbed so add me to it! I want to hear your jersey devil story. My family has stories about that pine barrens
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It's not the blood curdling scream of the Jersey Devil you're hearing when you go out to the Pine Barrens, it's Paulie Walnuts having lost his shoe!
Ha .. I think my daddy said something about this years ago
Also at Woodmansie, Peggy Clevenger burned to death in her cabin, after being robbed.
RIP Tony Sirico
I loved that episode so much
For being in the Pines,... that episode sure had a lot of Deciduous 🌳 Trees in it. 🤔
I had two friends get lost in there once. They ended up sleeping in an old van and eating ketchup packets to survive. Scary for sure.
LMAO
"I'm starving! We should have stopped at Roy Rogers."
"And I shoulda fucked Dale Evans, BUT HERE WE ARE!!"
Sopranos
Must've been looking for an interior decorator.
Sounds like they should have gone to Roy Rogers
I live in a rural part of NJ. It's creepy at night. One night my wife heard a blood curdling scream. My neighbor told us it was a fox. I can see how the early settlers imagined the devil was running around at night!
Hard to believe there are spots like this left in NJ. Get her a lamp please?
@@samanthab1923 bruh
@@samanthab1923 More than a quarter of the state is sparsely populated. Hard to believe when looking at Sopranos reruns, but the NW and much of the South are isolated.
@@samanthab1923 I live in south jersey and literally half the whole state is just woodland with very few towns
@@galacticbananastopmotions7292 It is so different down there. My mother in law lives in Whiting NJ. I grew up in Monmouth & when my parent built our house it was all woods & horse farms.
i live in southwest new jersey, i remember my grandma’s house’s backyard was part of the pinebarrens. i would go in the pines sometimes and be a bit scared, i knew that it wasn’t real because i’m half believer half skeptic, but we all know that even if you don’t believe in something, it can still be bone chilling. nostalgia. love you grandma, wish you were still here.
The hell is southwest jersey??? You from NORTH,SOUTH or the mythical CENTRAL JERSEY...what is southwest...explain
@@dashantyler1475 the western side of Southern Jersey? Lmao not that hard to visualize 😂
@@n.c.pictures southern new jersey comes to a POINT!!! Been in jersey all my life...NEVER heard anybody say SOUTHWEST JERSEY!!! Where the hell is that...what town or cities is considered southwest jersey
@@dashantyler1475 is only that little tip part of southern jersey? Didn't think so, the barrens are a bit further north where the state is a wee bit wider to a point where you can specify which side you mean 😂
@@n.c.pictures notice how you had to say " WEE BIT BIGGER" 😂 I still need to know what town we are talking about lol I'm not mad or messing with anyone or anything like that...just curious
There's an ex Russian commando running around there so of course it's scary
I hope he found, fought and killed the Jersey Devil.
@@physetermacrocephalus2209 sopranos reference
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If I believe hard enough maybe it will become real!
Judging by their recent performance in Ukraine, I wouldn't be too worried.
@@vibingwithvinyl winning?
My grandpop told me of couple times is father saw the jersey devil once. And he told me when he was growing up in marlton. They hard something scraping up their neighbors home and when they went outside they saw claw marks going up the side of the house and these weren't normal animal claw marks. That story still gives me chills today this day and I'm 39 now.
I've seen many Jersey Devils. They have all skated very well.
Ignorance is bliss.
Lol
Wow. Good one.
@@larryn1929 Actually they skate lime shit.....
It's two-fold - culturally, the Revolutionary War was more like a civil war within New Jersey, lots of dirty ambushes - late-night bayonettings by the usually more well-inforned loyaliats who had a large degree of local sympathy, their numbers swelled by refugees and 'refugees' fleeing from up north of the state.
At one point, George Washington had to abandon supporting the patriot insurgents in the South which led to even less oversight and more violence from the desperation. NJ was the state most devestated by the war both physically and socially. By the end of things many of the loyalista refused to leave, simply retreating into the Pines and forming insular communities, bucking off inroads of the newly-formed state and functioning as basically an very low-scale insurgency - 'pine bandits' - spreading tales of dangers and mythical beasts to ward off development of the area. The basis for the 'Pineys' of today.
Economically, there's not a bit of it that somebody hasn't TRIED to develop, but the soil and water just eats away at everything. Too much work to keep things going and not much there worth the effort to begin with. So it's full of ruins and abandoned structures.
The Pines just eat things up and fire only aids the process, helping pitch pines to spread their seeds.
A paradise for misanthropes, even the trees hate you for coming to visit.
Interesting prospective.
Have they tried to develop tract housing on the pine barrens? Or just farmland ?
One of my great grandfathers, Benjamin De Marest (Demarest) had his barn burned by British troops during one their trips across the state FROM New York to Philadelphia and back. After the war the Continental Congress awarded him 16 pounds to replace the barn. I think it is claim #103.
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se I live in the pine barrens part time and I haven’t seen to many close towns just farms and secluded houses.
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se they tried to live/farm in some areas there back in the colonial times, but you really can’t grown anything in the sandy soil. Mostly it was used for harvesting timber, I think, and iron ore before all the steel mills started up. By the time the area became more populated (1960s?) and developers were looking for places to build, the pines had protection status. They took what they could, but today, most of it is heavily protected. That being said, areas on the outer edges that were forest when I was a kid, they are full of McMansions today. Interesting, what the poster says here, about people making up the legends to keep people away….he is right about the origins of some of the people who live there, and what it’s like today….though I find it to be a very beautiful place. Welcoming…I don’t know. When I was a teenager, we talked a guy from suburban Cherry Hill into driving back there to look for a party we heard about…of course his regular car got stuck in the sand, and while we were trying to figure out what to do, along comes this pickup truck with wheels so big you practically needed a ladder to get in the thing. The two men in it offered us a ride back to civilization, and didn’t say one word to us the whole ride. When the Cherry Hill guy went back to retrieve his car, it was stripped to the bone.
I'm originally from Central Jersey where it's more rolling hills than South Jersey's scrubby pine trees and sandy soil, but now that I live down here it's not hard to understand why people would believe this legend. I've driven down Route 539 many times on my way to AC, and it's easily one of the darkest, most anxiety-inducing routes that you would not expect in a densely populated state like NJ. Most picture North Jersey when they think of the state, but I can assure you that the 25% that makes up the Pine Barrens looks more like rural Georgia than Newark. The Northwestern corner of the state is also sparsely populated but with a different topography (Appalachian mts. actually run through it), and they have their own ghost stories. Both areas are tons of fun for exploring historic and abandoned places.
Yes this is true ppl outside of NJ don't realize north and south jersey are like two different states almost lol. Im from Camden county. And it's like I live in a small city. But in any which way I could be in a completely different area.
I, too, have lived in central Jersey and made the drive on 539 south to A.C. many times late at night. I'm glad our car never broke down on that particular stretch after Manchester cause that's how most horror movies start.
Born and raised in Salem county, the most rural county in the state, you didn’t go in the woods at night, and yeah the difference between north and south Jersey is crazy.
I grew up solidly center west jersey, close enough that the Delaware was a 15 minute drive. That part of the state is pretty flat overall and good for Farmland which these days has developed into a lot of suburbia. Not too many large wooded areas..I used to go out at night walking on purpose since it was so calm and peaceful and pretty well lit
NW Jersey is beautiful
In 1984, while in Army Basic Training at Fort Dix, I drew a guard duty shift (2 to 3 am) while my Company camped in the Pine Barons. I was barely 18 at the time; still just a boy. BUT - I was aware of the ‘Devil’. So there I am, walking around in the mist surrounding by scores of slumbering trainees. My mind wandered. Devil Lore filled my mind. SPOOKED MYSELF! No Devil came that night, but damn, those woods were creepy!
Those old bases are huge too. Very scary. My mother in law lives in Whiting. We would drive down in the summer & go to the lake with her. Straight shoot down Rt. 539. Once there was a fatality so the state cops closed the road & opened up the base for us to drive
5 39 is one scary Road!! I broke down on that Road one night myself mind you the phone service does not work on this road thank God for the Little House on the right at the end of the road the old lady open the door and let me use her phone that is the scariest road at night. No lights no phone service I had a big ball of light follow-me 2 the end of that road one night on my way home from my mother's in Tuckerton it's definitely scary to say the least
I actually live right near fort dix and yeah, the pine barrens are really creepy. I always even in the house feel like there is something outside watching. Funnily enough the jersey devil has become somewhat of a mascot for the towns nearby.
Spent a lot of time there in my time in the New Jersey National Guard saw a lot of pineys but never the Jersey Devil
I need to hear about your Devil's experience! I camped by myself in the pine barrens and it was one of the weirdest nights I had camping.
"You're not gonna believe this, he killed 16 Czechoslovakians, guy was an interior decorator"
Called it the Pine Barrens, looked like upstate to me. Christopher needs a better GPS.
his apartment looked like $hit
@@TenguTalks the episode was filmed at Harriman State Park in NY
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I grew up and still live here in South Jersey (the proper way of stating where we're from). I have known all about The Jersey Devil, as it was born in Leed's Point, Galloway Township, Atlantic County. I remember a rash of sightings that occurred in the mid to late 60's in Green Bank and Lower Bank just north of Egg Harbor City, where I grew up. I would LOVE to hear your personal encounter with the Jersey Devil. Please do this!
That's where I grew up Egg Harbor City South Jersey
I love Green Bank, especially that little church and cemetery on the river. So beautiful there.
I saw something weird outside of Hammonton in the late 1980s, it ran in front of my car about 70 yards in front.
If you saw the jersey devil and it was in Egg Harbor it could of just been a dope head 😂
I def want to hear your encounter story. I'm skeptical of the supernatural now, but I love that sort of thing. Plus, I know, and accept, that there are things I don't know and never will.
If you ever get the chance, please do visit Brandon T Byrne State Park in the Pine Barrens. It is the closest area you can get to that is near the alleged home of the Jersey Devil. The camp grounds are very nice with modern bathroom facilities and cabins. Don't forget, New Jersey is ripe in history from Washington's Crossing all the way Lakehurst, the crash site of the Hindenburg. Lakehurst is not far from the state park, and an easy drive to it. Visit the area, you will not regret it!!
My mom’s family lived in Lakehurst from the 1950s to 1990s. I spent a lot of time there as a child. When I was swimming at the Lakehurst lake, I used to find pieces of blue-green glassy material that looked like turquoise. I later found out that during the Revolutionary War, there was an iron forge near the shore of the lake. The turquoise-looking substance was actually slag from the iron forge. The turquoise slag was only produced by 18th-century iron forges. I used to have a shoebox full of these pretty “rocks”. I wish I still had them!
@Pierre Chaney thanks! I've been meaning to go for years now-but simply haven't had the time or means. I will one day though, hopefully.
Its so true, what ppl dont know about NJ is a lot.
I live in beautiful Warren County. Theres places here that look like the Adirondacks, Vermont etc...
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your philosophies...."
I've always wondered why the New Jersey NHL team is the "Devils." Now I know.
Thank you Ryan and for all your great content too! I always enjoy your videos.
Scott Stevens is the New Jersey Devil…just ask Lindros hahahaha
The crazy part is the jersey devil is a south jersey thing and the NHL team are in north jersey. Most of south jersey are Philadelphia Flyers fans. North and south jersey might as well be 2 different states. They are completely different.
@@meganc769 You forgot Central Jersey that's where I live. Lot's of Pinelands here. You know Great Adventure area.
@@millster9389 oh yes..lots of pinelands there too. Would Long Beach Island be considered central jersey? That is my second home every summer. I never know if that is considered central or south. I guess its kind of in between.
Spent many nights camping in the Pine Barrens in the late sixties early seventies. Never heard or saw the Jersey Devil.
Probably the livestock deaths were coyotes or even wolves back a 100 years ago.
Thank you! I too grew up in NJ. Never ventured that far south, my brothers liked to & canoe down there. Graduated HS in 77 & I swear never heard of the Jersey Devil.
I grew up in south Jersey,never camped there but hiked the forest a lot. Even as a 10 yr old child I felt a heaviness in those pines,a negative kind of energy.
Interesting you mention coyotes,,they're back in NJ now,for about the last 20 years. From my home in the farmlands of Salem County I can hear them sometimes at night......
Exactly its a bunch of bullshit..spent many nights in there...ppl fear the woods cause were so domisticated
a panic sends people into the woods, coyotes and wolves get disturbed and go further into the exurbs and suburbs and cause trouble, more panic, more disturbances etc. etc.
@@vivienneclarke2421 yes,and they are seen even in the more populated areas of the Pine Barrens. Black bears now, too.
You can explore the Pine Barrens forever and still not see everything - just hiked near Pakim Pond - so beautiful during the day yet terrifying at night. The sounds at night are unnerving to say the least- people have claimed to have seen Bigfoot, Dogman, giant flying birds, devils and ghosts. Not for the faint of heart
....and abandoned vans, containing used ketchup packets....
Would you camp in the Barrens overnight?
@@biden_warr3nx767 , have done it many times. Beautiful place to canoe,hike and camp. Better in the early spring and late fall because there are less ticks, chiggers, and mosquitoes.
I’m from New Jersey and I love this state. It has such unique history everywhere you go, from cliffs to the bogs, there is something.
I lived in the town of Pemberton NJ. I worked at a facility just off rt 72 in the Pine Barrens. I have camped in the Warton Forest and hiked the Batona trail. Knowing an officer with the Pemberton TWP Police, he once told me a story of one of the officers yelling over the radio that an animal was keeping up with the patrol car going at high speeds down Lakehurst Road near the Whitesbog Village. It was told that the animal had wings, was running, and not only kept up with the patrol car but was watching the Officer as he was freaking out! It was told that the animal simply got bored and veered off into the forest before getting the populated area of Country Lakes. While camping in the Lebanon State Forest, now called Brendan T Byrne State Forest, I have heard things at night that simply were not normal animal sounds. Every now and then you had the feeling of you being watched! If you go to the parks visitor center, there were Rangers who have accounts of situations told to them by visitors and can direct you to the brick foundation of where the home of the Jersey Devil family resided. If you want to visit Carranza Memorial, it is right on the Batona Trail by the Batona Campground and Carranza Road. I have loved the depth of the Pine Barrens, and feel like I am home whenever I visit.
There’s a story from “the bridgewater triangle” in Massachusetts where a giant flying winged creature stalked a police officer one late night...
Ayye Pemberton? Literally the next town over from me!
I lived in Presidential Lakes from '77 to '85. I went to school with a guy that talked about riding around in the woods beyond the "Backlakes". He was on a Honda 3 wheeler, his brother and friends on dirt bikes. They had stopped and were talking when they heard something large stomping around in the woods close to them. They all split not wanting to see what was making the racket. The dirt bikes were faster than the 3 wheeler, whatever it was kept pace with the Honda. He was on it for all it was worth. It was running in the woods beside him, said he could hear branches breaking. You could see the fear in his eyes as he told the tale. It was definitely a creepy area.
@@PierreCC1 new Lisbon?
I live in New Jersey, and I have driven through the Pine Barrens. There is something about the land there that creates a "spooky" feeling, leading people to be likely to believe there is something supernatural going on in the area. And the description of the Jersey Devil resembles a teenager holding long pine branches and waving them like scary monster arms. Furthermore there are bears in the forest.
When my daughter was younger we often took long walks in the Pine Barrrens, usually starting off of 206, we often totaled over 15 miles. Once or twice we walked too far and had to return at dusk, once at night. The area is quite beautiful during the day, at night it's scary as hell.
I am familiar with enough first/person accounts that convince me that the JD is NOT a teenager waving pine branches
No bears South of the AC Expressway
The most dangerous creature in any forest or deep woods is...another human being
Well you got one new sub from Jersey right here! My sis is the one who had the great idea of telling me the story when she was babysitting me one night in a storm. Lowkey scared me to death thinking the rain was hoofbeats on the roof. And we live allll the way up in central jersey (it exists!) - this story is known statewide.
Lol ..😀
All hail to a fellow Central Jerseyan! We lived in Mercer and Hunterdon Counties for a bunch of years, but now we're in Burlington.
I grew up in Monmouth County and I remember being exposed to the story of the Jersey Devil around 5 when I was at summer camp. Apparently the story was that the Devil sometimes hid in the well on the property.
Digging all the NJ history recently. Nicely done. I ride my bike in the pinebarrens every year just to climb a hill called MT Misery.
After Cold Play performed at MetLife Stadium a couple weeks back and my friend and I were driving down to his beach shore in LBI and this was around 1 in the morning, a couple of exits before LBI's exit we both clearly saw something probably around 10-15 feet fall with swings literally like a pterodactyl flying across the Garden State parkway from the left side of the trees to the right, barely above the few cars around us. It was probably like 70 yards in front of us but it was beyond visable. It wasn't necessarily moving in a flying motion but more so in a slow-motion swooping motion and then before you knew it the thing literally disappeared. Im not big on myths or like big foot but I know for a fact whatever me and my boy saw was the "Jersey Devil" whether it be that or a creature that nobody has discovered yet.
I live a few exits before LBI 🥴
I grew up in the Pine Barrens in an old glassmaking town. It is a spooky place at night. Excellent video! You covered all the bases, glass, iron, blueberries, cranberries, and the American Revolution history. Never saw or heard the Devil myself, but I grew up hearing the stories, and I've been to the old birth site.
Sounds like Clayton, that’s where I’m from
@@TrialzGTAS Williamstown actually. But next to Clayton.
Lived in seavile and worked in mays landing (Wheaton plastics) every body had a"woods buggy"and we would go for miles in the pines,lots of fun and great hunting.the only strange things we ever saw was us😮
I am a owner operator truck driver. My friend was taking the road that goes through the Jersey Pine barrens he is also a truck driver he had a load of bagged mulch on a flat bed trailer. He told me all of a sudden this young man in his mid twenties came running out of the woods in front of his truck and did not move frooze in front of his fully loaded truck self inflicted suicide. This ordeal ruined my friend he keeps having flashbacks of that night. The eerie thing is no car or belongings were found of the victim just out of know where he came running out of the pine barrens.
Wow. That’s wild.
Maybe he was being chased by that thing and it scared him so much he wanted to die
Regardless of the legend. The vast derelict 🏚️ locations in the woods is awesome and so worth exploring and documenting. I love stuff like that. It's not about the "creature" it's about the location and old buildings and sites, and other old stuff in the woods that really captivates me and makes me want to explore a ton about that region.
agreed man, this stuff really sparks an intense curiosity in me. I live 90 minutes from the Pine Barrens I have to check it out soon, never went.
Get your 4 wheel drive and ride on ancient roads.
I grew up near there. I always thought that the problem was that when the Scarfo family dug a grave, for one of their victims, they would hit the previously dug grave of a Gambino family hit victim.
That's a good possibility LOL
Haha, my mother grew up in the area, and that’s what she always says, that the mafia used the pines as a burial ground. Can’t imagine it’s very easy to dig graves in sand, though.
The Pine Barrens historically covered about third of the state. Visitors who only know New Jersey from the NYC suburbs, the shore (as we call the beach), and driving through on the Turnpike can remain unaware of the rural stretches of the state. The Pine Barrens used to be a little piece of Appalachia -- there was even a kind of country music called Piney music -- and an early socio-genetic study described two families, called the Jukes and the Kallikaks, who were supposedly genetically disposed to poverty and crime. It's still an interesting place to visit ecologically and historically.
It's actually 22%, but no matter. Imagine an area larger than Yosemite or Grand Canyon Parks! That's a lot of space! That's the Pine Barrens!
Now we know that no one is genetically predisposed to poverty or crime. It’s socioeconomic and hereditary.
I live in the South Jersey Pines, and I am a descendant of the Leeds Family on my mothers side. My great grandmother Leeds passed a few years ago, followed by my grandmother (Leeds) who just passed earlier this year… We are descendants of Jeremiah Leeds who was also the First Settler in Atlantic City, which is 5-10mins from where I grew up. I currently live a block away from Leeds Point, where the Legend is said to have taken place. The Photo of the Leeds cottage that was in this video is right down the street from my house… Port Republic is the next town over where the video mentions the battle took place during the American Revolution. That monument isn’t far from home either. Also the furnaces that were also mentioned are where many people go to swim and go canoeing, But as far as the Jersey Devil goes Ive never personally experienced anything myself. but I have older relatives on the Leeds side of my family who swear they have… my siblings and cousins have been told stories of the legend since we were children. Like I said I’ve never encountered the Jersey Devil myself, but there is definitely something very strange and mysterious about this area of the Pines. The woods are very creepy, especially at night. Great Video by the way, very well made, and well put together. You definitely got your facts right. There are so many terrible, bogus videos and television shows on the topic but this was very well made. Also I would love to her your Jersey Devil Experience! Just subscribed to your channel as well, looking forward to watching more videos!
My parents are friends with some Leeds descendants in absecon. They would tell me some great stories. Super interesting
An ancestor of mine, Sammy Giberson, was the original inspiration behind "devil went down to Georgia". He battled the devil in a fiddle contest and won with a song the devil had never heard before called "the air tune". This also happened in the Jersey Pine Barrens
Bro I’m related to the Gibersons were prolly third cousins or some crap
@@MDSpencersLs hell yeah, did one of you're grandparents have like 11 siblings?
@@MDSpencersLs yo answer your cousin😂
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There are lots of bluegrass roots in the area. I know lots of jersey irish folks from the pine barrens who play banjo etc. Pineys ❤
I've camped in the pine barrens more time than I can possible remember and never encountered the Devil. However, I did grow up in NJ, not in the pine barrens. When I was about maybe 12 or so one night we heard a very strange scratching noise on the outside of the house. My mom said strange noises like that happen in NJ. She did call the local police and they had calls from all over the Township that also heard the same strange noise. The next morning there was no damage on the house.
Woah damn that’s brutally creepy
I had a friend that camped out in the Pines for a year lol. He said nothing ever happened I can't imagine camping for that long especially by myself.😬
@@lunakat7020 my friend Chris did that he lived in a tent for a year and he was fine although it’s scary as fuck at night
@@tula1433 Oh yes it is, what is it about guys camping in the PB for a year lol. I just know that I never would do that even with friends.
Could have been any sort of wildlife. I love the legends, but have never had any experiences myself. I even spent several years commuting twice daily thru the pines, driving from Long Beach Island to Medford and back at night, taking the Chatsworth shortcut route, miles and miles of nothing but pines, no streetlights. Just to spook myself, sometimes at night I’d turn my headlights off for a few seconds, to remind myself of how dark it is back there…but other than a few deer running across the road in front of my car, nothing strange ever happened during my commutes.
I love this!! I grew up right by Leeds Point
Literally within walking distance to where it is said the house stood. All that was left was a brick fireplace. When I was little I loved to play in the woods. The only way my mom Could get me in was to say "if you don't come in now the jersey devil will get you" 😂
I know a guy that lost a shoe out there once.
Aliens, clearly.
Bruno Magli ova here!
Whoa
...and his Cadillac.
After losing his shoe in the pine barrens he forever walked with a limp. Permanent scars.
Great video, One of the main things I miss about not living in NJ is the Pine Barrens. Between the USed to just love to take off an drive thru them. Batsto, Wheaton and the Batona trail are some of my favorite areas up there
Hope you hit the goal, i live in little egg harbor about 15 mins drive from batsto and hearing folks tell stories particularly from where i live enthralls me in mystery and i love it. Theres deffo something to be said about the area but moreso the "pineys" they are some wacky folks who you could probably scrape another video together from alone.
🤔wacky folks ... these are family members yes my family are Hicks but they are not wackos! Just very protective
Lived down there in the late 70s as a kid and we were always wary of the "pineys". I can say there is something of an odd feeling you get when in the Pine Barrens!
Really enjoy your vids Ryan.
Going offroad in the Pine Barrens down those narrow lanes thru the forest if fun in a 4wd :)
Its funny, ppl think NJ all looks like what they see from EWR or terrible tv shows.
What ppl dont know about NJ is a lot.
Also have one of the best public school systems in the country, educated workforce, most pharma companies are here etc and one of the lowest traffic fatality rates in the country.
I hear it's a good place to find an interior decorator.
You’re going to have to explain this one.
That killed 16 Czechoslovakian's?
@@spokes5201 Oh I didn’t catch that one either. Sopranos
Yeah but his place looked like sh*t!
Same one that washes his balls in ice water?
I want to thank everyone who posted Sopranos jokes. You made my day.
The sopranos jokes write themselves! 😂😂😂😂
I have lived near and traveled through the Pine Barrens all my life. IMO, one reason it looks "different" is the predominance of dwarf pine species of trees, whose unusually low height throws off ones sense of perspective. When we we were teenagers, at night, sometimes we would stop and turn off the car and the lights to soak up the spooky atmosphere!
I’ve lived in New Jersey my entire life. This is great because it makes me appreciate where I live a little bit more :)
So many kids used to make up stories about seeing the Jersey devil… it’s hilarious 😵💫
Also I have Magellan so I’m hype I get to watch that documentary next.
I live in the Pine Barrens and Wharton State Forest and Batsto. I love the peaceful tranquility of the forest. My uncle claims to have seen the Jersey Devil in the 1960s and my ex said he saw it one night while drinking in the woods.
My favorite area of the pines!
I'm from New Jersey and I'm a little bit of a believer myself. In 6th grade our school took us to "Mount Misery" in the Pine Barrens for a school trip where you stay a week in their cabins. They take you out in a hayride at night and tell you about the Jersey devil. Of course it's for fun but South Jersey is very rural and full of hicks it's easy to believe in the hype lol.
Wow! I lived up the road from Mt. Misery. I had to take a training there!
Yes we're proud to be Hicks thank you... kindest people you'll ever meet
@@karenmcanney8473 are u bit like those on Beverly hillbillies? Ellie may ,jethrow ppl to like that .lol
Growing up in the area it’s been a legend forever still to this day won’t go into the pine barrens at night😭😭
I grew up in Monmouth county, NJ. A few years ago I researched where the Jersey Devil was born and I paid it a visit. Apparently it was born at the Nothnagle Log House in Gibbstown, NJ. It's also one of the oldest homes in the entire US, built between 1638 and 1643 by Finnish settlers. There is an eldery lady who owns the house and if you give her a call she will give you a free tour.
Where in Monmouth? I grew up in Holmdel. Park rangers over at the park told us it was the begining of the Pine Barrens.
I've been in those woods multiple times, it's an off feeling in some area's. I've heard a ton of unnatural noises back there. That place at night is very creepy. I live in NJ by the way, would love to hear your encounter story. Because I have a few myself.
I hear there's squatch roamin around there. I'm from SJ, btw. Right outside of Atco. 👍
I find it interesting how Joseph Bonaparte (Napoleon’s Brother) and Commodore Stephen Decatur shot and blew a hole through the mighty devil’s wing but gave no effect to the devil and kept flying, it was like the devil regenerated it’s wing in seconds and acted like nothing happened.
My favorite New Jersey devil story is the one where the devil climbed up the Atlantic City lighthouse and when it flew away the light house keepers were shooting at it
I’ve spent countless weekends camping down there , wheeling down there and no sites of the Jersey devil
I never saw it either, but on some nights camping, the sounds that came from the forest made us go hang out in the bathroom facilities scared. We were so thankful when the Rangers would make their rounds through the camp areas at night! One time one of the Rangers heard it with us and went on a search for it.
The Devil saw you...
Every single sopranos comment keeps me cracking up 😂! What a brilliant show that was !
I had an encounter back in my Boy Scout days. I woke up around 2ish to go pee out my tent. When I was doing my business, I saw glowing red eyes looking back me through the woods. Definitely was not human!
Sabe
I grew up in the NJ pine barrens and my family goes back several generations. It is the most beautiful and clean place in the world. I will drink the cedar water right out of the river; it won't hurt you and it tastes great. Did you know...the genetics of every single blueberry you've ever eaten from the grocery store originated in NJ? and...the Jersey Devil is 100% REAL!! Take my word for it.
LOL, no. The Jersey Devil isn't a real thing.
I know it is real! I honestly wish it wasn't
@@justasimpleguy7211 Yes it is. Trust me.
@@RCAvhstape No it's not. Neither is Bigfoot, Santa Clause or the Tooth Fairy.
There are childish fantasies and then there's reality. I live in reality. How about you?
@@RCAvhstape This is what you believe. Really? LOL!
"The legend states that Mother Leeds had twelve children and, after finding she was pregnant for the thirteenth time, cursed the child in frustration, crying that the child would be the "devil". In 1735, Mother Leeds was in labor on a stormy night while her friends gathered around her. Born as a normal child, the thirteenth child changed to a creature with hooves, a goat's head, bat wings, and a forked tail. Growling and screaming, the child beat everyone with its tail before flying up the chimney and heading into the pines. In some versions of the tale, Mother Leeds was supposedly a witch and the child's father was the devil, himself. Some versions of the legend also state that there was a subsequent attempt by local clergymen to exorcise the creature from the Pine Barrens."
Have you guys heard Lynx screeching at each other? It's the most banshee sounding thing you'll ever experience. I hike at night here in Oregon and have experienced it and it's the eeriest thing.
Yes, and I believe we had lynx in this area back when “sightings” were very common. Cougar as well, and even today, the screeches of certain owls and foxes vocalizing would make your blood run cold. I grew up on the eastern edge of the Pinelands, and there are all sorts of critters around today that make some spooky sounds at night.
I'll tell you my Jersey Devil sighting. I worked in Atlantic City and lived in Voorhees. I took the train from Lindenwold station to Atlantic City and back home every day. One night, on they way home, I saw the Jersey Devil and he easily paced the train for at least 5 minutes. I'd swear he looked right at me at one point. It was not a man and not an animal. It stood on two legs but ran on arms and legs. It was very fast. It was dark so I couldn't really see the color of the thing, but it had a very thin, very long tail, red eyes, and small, sharp looking ears which stood straight up.
I grew up in Atco. Gary Heidnick, the serial killer that abducted women and kept them in his basement in Philadelphia dumped the bodies outside Winslow. We were there when the State Police and FBI brought him to show the location.
I live in southern NJ very close to the Pine Barrens,basically on the outskirts that aren't actually a part of Batsto. I've been there manhy,many times. I can truthfully say that it definitely has a "vibe" or energy all it's own. Even as a child I found it to be very creepy. Only camped there once and can't say that I have any desire to do so again lol.....
did you hear or know of tom brown jr. who resided there, the best naturalist? or that the pine barens is all secondary growth, as the ship building wiped out the larger original trees?
I'm not from NJ, but I lived in Delaware for a while. I'm subscribing so I can hear the story of your Jersey Devil encounter!
My brother had an encounter in the mid 80's. The man's in his early 50's, and a combat veteran, and still says it was one of his most terrifying experiences.
Can you give more details???
Used to ride atvs around that area. Was always wondering what those cannonballs were about. Very interesting episode
My grandfathers dog ran after something in the pine barrens in the 60s... barked once and never came back.
Wharton State Forest. I’ll never forget my experience
I can explain if anyone wants to know
Historic Batsto village is a lovely step into history and would advice folks visiting ac to take a lil detour and check it out!
I lived in NJ till I was 28, very near west Milford which is a place that is ripe with jersey devil stories and similar sorts of things. Pretty cool place to be a teenager in the 90s. Didn't think so then but I sure miss it
my dad and my uncle had an experience with the jersey devil in the 1940s. My mom told us that when they flew into the house after running almost a mile home, they were still crying. They were gone men with children at the time
Not in New Jersey my mother encountered the Mothman in the early forties as a child before they even knew the Mothman existed she used to tell us stories when we were little as an adult reading I came across the Mothman I showed her the picture I think she's had nightmares ever since yep my mother seen the Mothman as a child in Buckhannon West Virginia
the pine barrens are right behind my house and i've heard some crazy things. used to hike a couple miles back there no phone/gun/protection of any kind. one night a buddy and i brought a 12 pack back there and within ten minutes we heard this thing that sounded like if a tank had legs and starting running at us. i've never ran home so fast in my life. barely go into the woods anymore at all
I was born in New Jersey and I am very interested in hearing about your experience with the Jersey Devil.
Also its really weird hearing the next town over from where you live mentioned in a documentary
I'd love to hear your story. Although I've been all over New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware and never seen it.
I just wish people would stop picking on me, I know I’m ugly but “Jersey Devil” crosses the line 😭
Born & raised in NJ and would enjoy viewing your Jersey Devil encounter. Enjoy your work and look forward to future episodes.
thanks for this upload! March 5th ~
Its my birthday & I live here in Jersey Devil Land!
NJ is 100% a true hotspot for ufo's/uap's, supernatural happenings, ect. It is full of super old legends & myths, some of the best known passed-down scary stories/folklore, creepies, crazies, (and we have the Glimmer Man, as well! I saw it with my own 3 eyes!)
So go off the beaten path here ~
you will most definitely encounter something totally wild & unexplained, with memories & chills down your spine for life! ;)
We've lived in the Pine Barrens for the last 13 years. We love it here, peaceful at night, except for the sounds of nature which often includes a cacophony of frogs and crickets and birds. I love it here.
I’ve only been to the pine barrens twice in my life. Every time i never had a good feeling till i reached Atlantic city or crossed back into PA.
Try taking the Black Horse Pike at 2am you'll see some scary shit
@@hemsurvival3413 need to equip the car with those massive blinding light bars and speakers. Tell the Jersey Devil you’re coming
@@mattsmocs3281 like that idea 🤣
Moved there as a teenager from PA. I bitched at my parents the whole time we lived there. They moved to the Pocono's and I commented "finally a good nights sleep". Lots of creepy shit going on there.
I found your channel a few weeks back and I truly enjoy your content. Thanks for all your hard work and I sincerely hope you are extremely successful in your endeavor. All the best my friend. Edit: If you truly believe you saw something that can’t be explained by “normal” reasoning, sure! I’d love to hear your story. Please share it with us.
The Jersey Devil is nothin when you got Paulie and Christopher wandering the Barrens.
As a kid it was always so fun to go with my late father down to the pines and hear the Jersey Devil story, and just exploring and running around.
Also of note is that the native Lenni Lenape peoples called the area around Pine Barrens "Popuessing," which is said to mean "place of the dragon." This predates the Leeds family legend by centuries.
You must be from tuckahoe off of rt.50, hunted that whole area used to hang out at Colorado cafe in woodbine
I’m from nj and subscribed now let’s hear that story
"Paulie!? Paulie where the fuck are you!?"
Paulie? You won't hear from him no more.
Take a canoe trip in the Pine Barrens. You will see some of the most beautiful scenery as well as the creepy parts. Loved it.
I live in the middle of the pine barrens, just a few miles from Batsto. Wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Subscribed, now let's hear your encounter.
Not in Jersey. New subscriber here from Phoenix, AZ, but you should count me. I'm fairly certain that my state welcomes and accommodates tons of retirees from Jersey and our Walmarts carry unlimited amounts of those wicked jogging sweat pants your so fond of. Let's here your story!
I once found a fancy leather loafer in the Pine Barrens. Just one shoe, by itself in the snow. Weird.
Chatsworth is fuggin terrifying at night
Absolutely is! Lived in jersey until I was 32. Ocean county. Born and raised. I've camped out in Chatsworth at the old train station in the woods. Slept in the tunnels. Never again lol
@@billsprague7811 Where are there tunnels near Chatsworth?
Look up the Brooksbrae Brick Factory. It's in Manchester township. That's one place I slept at in one of the little tunnels. I'll tell ya, never again lol there is another spot off chatsworth road but is been years since I been out that way. I can't remember that one is. I'll ask a friend who's always adventuring out that way
I live in the capital of the pine barrens, Chatsworth. Absolutely love it here.
I live in Mays Landing and work at JBMDL, and I drive through he spooky Pine Barrens every day. Thank you for sharing these stories.
Jersey Devil: attacks
New Jersey: *Release The Hounds*
Your work is excellence, Ryan.
I'm an MTV award-winner of Creative Excellence and I grew up in S. Jersey.
Correction,
It should be animals that are now Extinct,
Because if an animal is extinct ,
One can’t be hunting something that isn’t alive;
Just passing this along
Hate to disappoint all you interior decorator fans but that episode was NOT ACTUALLY FILMED in the Pines. It was shot in North Jersey. Just look at the trees in the scenes they are deciduous (leaves fall off) and tall. South Jersey Pine Barrens are all shorter pines.
Not to mention foothills in the background of many shots.
Thank you for your channel! I have been enjoying this unique take on history for some time now.🤔🤓
I'm a witch as well as a medium. When I went to the Batso village and immediately felt a man . I actually will be uploading a video going to the leeds home. There's more places I'd love to go! Lived in nj my whole life
I’ve spent all my life in & around the pine barrens. I’m from New Jersey born & bread. I’ve had a few weird things happen to me over the years. Not with the Jersey Devil , but what I believe to be Bigfoot. If you want me to tell you , please get in touch with me . I believe that there is a living ,breeding population. That either lives there year round or comes through when food resources are at its peak,blue berries ,cranberries,corn ,tomatoes , & it’s over population of deer.
Tell us the deets. That’s wild. What did you see ?
Hey I know I'm late to watching this video. I'm from Jersey and I subbed.. Awesome video,I'm into the Jersey Devil as well. I live in South Jersey near Pine Barrens.. I ride my motorcycle all around the Pines and I love it!! 😁👍
My friend and his wife bought some land and built a house where there was a glass factory explosion in Atco nj.
She has a huge collection of really cool glass that she finds around the property
In the pre-internet days it seemed like only people who grew up in the area had ever heard of the Jersey Devil, and even today it's still not very well-known outside of New Jersey. Even people in Philadelphia or New York, literally a 5 minutes drive from NJ, have often never heard of it. Back when they named the hockey team the New Jersey Devils, most people around the country just thought it was a cool name, but people who grew up in NJ knew why that name was picked.
You’re right about that. We moved to Matawan in 63 & then Holmdel in 70. I loved books on the Bermuda Triangle & Bigfoot, ghosts anything like that. We never heard of the Jersey Devil. In fact for such a small state a lot of folks barely know their own county. I never went further south than Seaside & only went north to ski. Great Gorge Vernon Valley. The Devils came around in 82.
"Shadow in the Pines" by Stephen Meader, is a great story from his book series in the 40s, that totally captivated me as a kid. That was one influence that sparked my imagination, and desire to explore backroads, and ruins/history in the woods. An interesting Pine Barrens snapshot on people and places how it was viewed closer to WW2. Worth finding a vintage copy!
As a kid I played in the Pine Barrens, camped, road offroad motorcycles and we told stories at night of the Devil, still never saw anything that would keep me out of there lol. even road though a forest fire on my dirt bike and was more worried about what would happen if I didn't get home for dinner on time then the fire or anything else lol.