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I'm Dom Betanelli and I'm joined today by Jimmy Aiken. Hi Jimmy. Happy Dom.

This is an episode that we recorded a few months ago to thank our patrons at patreon.com slash

starquests for their generosity in making this and all our shows at starquests possible.

We gave them early exclusive access but now we're sharing it with you to show you one of the

benefits of being a patron. So please enjoy the show. The first question comes from Beablebrox,

who writes, I'm a fan of deep dive episodes. I'd love to see your take on the Jersey Devil of

Leeds Point. It may be too regional, I don't know, but I once started doing research on the subject

and was surprised by how much material there was, including but not limited to newspaper headlines.

If it's not a meeting of subject, perhaps the Jersey Devil could play a role in a wider show

about regional cryptozoology stories. On that point, I'd be curious to hear Jimmy's analysis

into our speculation about why regional monster stories seem to exist anywhere humans gather.

What it may say about us and our relationship and awareness of God in things spiritual.

So first of all, for people who may not be aware, the Jersey Devil is a cryptid animal.

It says how it's typically reported that is said to be present in part of New Jersey and will have

a link to a page on the Jersey Devil. So you can read about it. There's also an ex-file,

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