![]() ![]() Reportedly in 1778,Commodore Stephen Decatur visited the Hanover Iron Works in the Barrens to test cannonballs at a firing range, where he allegedly witnessed a strange, pale white creature winging overhead. Deborah and Japhet Leeds also lived in the Leeds Point section of what is now Atlantic County, New Jersey, which is the area commonly said to be the location of the Jersey Devil story. ![]() ![]() This identification may have gained credence from the fact that Deborah Leeds' husband, Japhet Leeds, named twelve children in the will he wrote in 1736, which is compatible with the legend of the Jersey Devil being the thirteenth child born by Mother Leeds. "Mother Leeds" has been identified by some as Deborah Leeds. In 1740 a clergy exorcised the demon for 100 years and it wasn't seen again until 1890." It circled the villages and headed toward the pines. It growled and screamed, then killed the midwife before flying up the chimney. It changed from a normal baby to a creature with hooves, a horse's head, bat wings and a forked tail. The child was born normal, but then changed form. Mother Leeds was supposedly a witch and the child's father was the Devil himself. In 1735, Mother Leeds was in labor on a stormy night. "It was said that Mother Leeds had 12 children and, after giving birth to her 12th child, stated that if she had another, it would be the Devil. The most accepted origin of the story as far as New Jerseyans are concerned started with Mother Leeds and is as follows: The Jersey Devil has worked its way into the of pop section the area, even lending its name to in New Jersey's Hockey team, in the National Hockey Leauge The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many variations. Inhabit the in the pine barrens in southern new jersey. The Jersey Devil, sometimes called the Leeds Devil, is a cryptid said to ![]()
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