Jersey Devil
Sources attach this name to the 2 places below. The name itself is part of the folklore record.
Witnesses describe a hoofed, winged, horse-headed biped; the 1909 reports spanned footprints in snow to factory sightings. The file calls it Jersey Devil. The account has been recorded since 1909-01. The site in Hammonton, New Jersey gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. Sources including 'Jersey Devil' keep the claim in circulation. The file keeps Jersey Devil on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive.
Government folklore page recounts Mother Leeds’s thirteenth child becoming the Jersey Devil, with varied descriptions and reported screams. New Jersey Pinelands' file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. Sources including 'The Legend of the Jersey Devil' keep the claim in circulation. The file keeps Jersey Devil on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive.