'Are you saying there are people who worship this.

They think they're keepin' it from goin' on rampages, but if they just left the damn thing alone, it'd go its own way.' The Jersey Devil's uncommonly shy.'Įlaine can't let this story go she's obsessed with finding out the truth about the deaths going on in the woods around her. That's when it's likely to cause trouble, 'cause if ya bump into it accidental like, it'll tear ya apart for seein' it. Then it starts robbin' graveyards, breakin' inta crypts, crawlin' into yer homestead lookin' for dead mice in the cellar. 'Sometimes ever' seven years or so, it gets more of an appetite an' can't find enough ta eat. After the first skeleton, more and more bodies are turning up in the Pine Barrens. Supposedly it comes back every seven years visiting evil upon the land.'Īnd this year just so happens to be the seventh year since it was last seen. Then it made a horrible scream, which it always makes when it reappears, ate its mother or siblings and flew up the chimney. Then when the kid was born, it was either deformed or it turned into a horrible apparition, growing bat wings and hooves and a forked tail, while its face grew out like a horses head. She either cursed it, or it was cursed by an old gypsy woman - remember there are a lot of variations. 'The Jersey Devil's a piney tradition that goes back to the 1700's. Elaine has never heard of the elusive cryptid before, and Jake soon becomes her confidant for all the information she needs - for her article, and to satisfy her curiosities. A passerby, Jake, tells Elaine it's the work of the Jersey Devil. Journalist, Elaine Adams is on assignment out in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey when she comes across a group of teenagers who have just found a skeleton while out in the woods.

The Lurking by Gary Gentile