The Wood Devils of Coös County
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 433, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike deep into the woods of Coös County, New Hampshire, searching for an eight-foot-tall, shaggy, grey-haired creature locals call: the wood devil. The stories have circulated throughout the 1900s. Could these creatures still be out there?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We are way up here in northern New Hampshire. |
| 0:06.0 | We are, Ray. |
| 0:06.7 | We're in the woods of Jericho Mountain State Park. |
| 0:08.9 | We're not too far from Maine, Vermont, or Canada, for that matter. |
| 0:12.2 | So this is Coaz County. |
| 0:13.8 | It's spelled C-O-O-S, but there's umlouts over that second O, and it's pronounced Coaz County. |
| 0:20.1 | One of the many tricky names we have here in New England to keep people on their toes. |
| 0:24.0 | Right. |
| 0:25.0 | And funny you mentioned toes, Ray. |
| 0:26.6 | Why is that? |
| 0:27.5 | Because we're looking for tracks. |
| 0:29.3 | Oh, what kind of animal are we tracking? |
| 0:31.1 | Well, it might not be an animal. |
| 0:33.3 | Maybe it is, but maybe it's something more unusual than that. |
| 0:37.1 | We've come to the forest of northern New Hampshire to search for the Coaz County Wood Devils. |
| 0:46.3 | Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger. |
| 0:47.8 | And I'm Ray Osier. Welcome to episode 433 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 0:52.8 | We're on a mission to chronicle every strange legend of ghosts, |
| 0:55.8 | monsters, aliens, UFOs, and more. If you've got a story lead you think we should check out, |
| 1:00.9 | reach out to us any time through our website. We love hearing from you. |
| 1:04.0 | You know, also we'd love, if you join us for our freak formal on Saturday, February 14th, 6.30 p.m., |
| 1:10.0 | double tree hotel, ballroom in Milford, Massachusetts. Right, what's February 14th, 630 p.m. Double Tree Hotel Ballroom in Milford, Massachusetts. |
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