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Jersey Devil · Burlington, New Jersey · 1909

NJ-1909ID case-3544591623Added to map Oct 29, 2026Wait… what now?

Why it's on Wait… what now?: A carcass of a hoofed, winged beast offered as the explanation for hoofprints is bizarre.

Creature
Jersey Devil
When
Oct 19, 1909to the day
Where
Burlington, New Jerseyto town level
Reports
11 documents1 independent

The account

Witnesses report finding the carcass of a strange beast with hoof-like feet and wings near Kinkora, which they claim explains recent hoofprint sightings.

Trace the source trail → every document, in time order, and how they connect

We map claims, not creatures: this is what the sources say, not proof. How a case is built

Details

Creature
Jersey Devil
Where
Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, 08016, United States
mapped to town level · from the report's own words
When
Oct 19, 1909
Account
Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by
1 independent source (11 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map
Oct 29, 2026
Case id
case-3544591623

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Source trail (1)

Down the rabbit hole → 11 documents, and how they connect

Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.

  1. Image 21 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), October 20, 1909
    Newspaper · 1909-10-20
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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Further reading

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