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Jersey Devil · Woodbury Heights, New Jersey · 1929

NJ-1929ID case-d932930e01Added to map Oct 8, 2026Wait… what now?

Why it's on Wait… what now?: A shaggy black monster with a pig's snout that kills swine and chases children is a bizarre hybrid.

Creature
Jersey Devil
When
Dec 20, 1929to the day
Where
Woodbury Heights, New Jerseyto town level
Reports
2 documents2 independent

The account

Police and a posse in Woodbury Heights are searching for a creature described as a shaggy black monster with a pig's snout that kills swine and chases children.

See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet

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Details

Creature
Jersey Devil
Where
Woodbury Heights, Gloucester County, New Jersey, 08097, United States
mapped to town level · from the report's own words
When
Dec 20, 1929
Account
Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by
2 independent sources
Added to map
Oct 8, 2026
Case id
case-d932930e01

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Source trail (2)

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 5 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), December 20, 1929
    Newspaper · 1929-12-20
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
  2. Image 38 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), December 22, 1929
    Newspaper · 1929-12-22

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