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Bedtime Stories

There's Something in the Pine Barrens

Bedtime Stories

Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The forests of North America are dense, tall, and foreboding. So it may come as little surprise that as long as people have lived on the continent, there have been sightings of all manner of beasts and cryptids. Some, like the Canadian Wood Bison, were later discovered to be real. Others, like Bigfoot and the Thunderbird, remain in the grey area where myth, fact, and misidentification meet. But there is one creature so elusive and so bizarre in its appearance that those who’ve seen it claim it can only come from the depths of hell. With stories dating from today back to before America’s founding, how can we possibly explain The Jersey Devil? MUSIC  Tracks used by kind permission of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Tracks used by kind permission of CO.AG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The forests of North America are dense, tall and foreboding. As long as people have lived on

0:37.0

the continent, there have been

0:38.4

sightings of all manner of beasts and cryptids. Some, like the Canadian woodbison, were later

0:44.1

discovered to be real. Others, like Bigfoot and the Thunderbird, walk a fine line between

0:49.2

myth, fact, and mistaken identity. But there is one creature so elusive and so bizarre in its appearance

0:57.0

that those who've witnessed it claim it can only come from the depths of hell.

1:02.0

With stories dating back to well before America's founding,

1:06.0

how can we possibly explain the Jersey Devil? The Jersey Devil? The

1:30.3

The Nestled at the intersection between New York and Pennsylvania, New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the US.

2:00.9

Despite this, the southern part of this former colony is virtually devoid of civilization.

2:07.4

Instead, it is dominated by a vast swampy woodland covering over a million acres, known rather

2:14.0

ominously as the pine barons.

2:17.8

Yet, there is nothing barren about this massive timberland. In fact, it is teeming with life.

2:27.5

To some, the area is a peaceful paradise, ideal for hiking, kayaking and camping. Others find the woods almost primordial,

2:37.0

an endless sea of trees and swamps untouched by time.

2:42.0

The first people to settle here were the ancestors of the Lunapae tribes, who arrived in the region over 10,000 years ago.

2:50.0

In those days, giant sloths and mastodons would have roamed the area,

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