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The first time it happened, I was sleeping and woke up because I felt a hand on my leg and I realized that I couldn't move.

And he come across this object on the ground which was the shape of a flying saucer.

So he jumped out of his pickup and went down there and there was four beings

laying on the ground.

When I raised my head back up, I was turning my head and out of my peripheral vision I

seen something hopped to a tree and it was tall about 7 8 foot

tall and it was black, real hairy, like a gorilla. The first thing we saw was this winged creature, 14 foot wingspan at least. It was huge. It almost covered half the road.

Welcome to the show. I'm your host Nick. Today is Saturday October 7th and this is

episode number 21. You can visit mythic radio.com and share your own story

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If you'd like to support the podcast, visit Patreon.com forward slash Mythic Radio, new episodes of the podcast air every Monday and Patreon tune in and YouTube. In part one of the Jersey Devil we briefly discuss the origin and

history of the creature. Today we're going to continue that journey with

some additional background as well as eyewitness accounts.

If you haven't listened to Part 1, I recommend doing so before continuing Part 2.

You can find a link to part one in the comments below.

As we discussed in episode 20, the bizarre circumstances that surround the Jersey Devil's

origin back in 1735 are hard to comprehend at best.

Mother Leeds, the woman that supposedly gave birth to this creature, was said by some to be a witch. Many believe that it was her interest in

witchcraft and demonic worship that caused her to curse her 13th child. Some stories

say that the entire Leeds family displayed odd characteristics

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