It is April,17,1864 my name is Jeremy
Bearsake I am on my way to a small town in
northern New Jersey called Gibbstown. There
was word of an encounter with a strange
beast. I am going there to perform A
investigation on the sighting of the creature.
Day one) I have just arrived in Gibbstown.
I have been interviewing the locals around
town and so far I have gotten a name and a
description of what the creature is said to
look like. It is called the “Jersey Devil” and it
is said to have the body and hind legs of a
horse,tail of a lion,the wings of a bat,the
horns of a ram,and the head of a dog. It is
also said to be heavily armed with razor
sharp talons on its front legs and teeth like
large needles. Sounds like a rather hideous
creature in my opinion. After about three
hours of talking to the locals I went to the
Town Tavern and came across a man that
claimed he has seen the creature. We spoke
for about half an hour and I got a location of
where he saw the Jersey Devil. He said it was
in a large dense forest about three milessouth of Gibbstown called “Dead Man's
Woodland” he said that the locals and all the
surrounding towns people stay far away from
it do to its dark history and appearance. It is
said to have been involved with and cursed
by witchcraft and many people have became
missing. Thought to be caused by the cursed
forest. And he warned me to stay very far
away from the woodland. But I declined his
warning do to my investigation which I will
see to the end. But he called me a fool and
said I didn't know what I was getting myself
into. And he stormed away but then it came to
me if nobody goes there what was he doing
there. After that I went back to the Inn that I
was staying at and fell asleep for the day.
Day Two) I am going to head to Dead
Man’s Woodland today to further my
investigation. I walked to the town hall to pay
to hire a stage coach to take me to the
woodland but he declined my payment do too
the “curse” so I had to walk. I had been
walking for forty-five minutes and I came
across a large warning sign I payed no mind
to it though. But as soon as I passed it Iconstantly keep getting the strange and itchy
feeling that I was being watched. After
another eight minutes of walking I made it to
the forest and the feeling of being watched
keep getting stronger and stronger but I
payed no mind to it and walked threw the
entrance. I was amazed by the symphony of
sounds coming from the birds and other
creatures of the forest and tall mighty cedar
trees in which the forest is made of. It was so
peaceful and soothing. I began walking thru
the forest and I hear rustling coming from a
large bush I slowly walked over to investigate
but found nothing and all asudin I felt a
strong flow of hot air down the back of my
neck I quickly turned around to see a large
beautiful black stallion staring at me like it
was looking into my very soul with its large
black eyes. It had a long flowing black mane
goin down its neck like a large curly black
ribbon, on its head sit a pair of large amazing
antlers like those of a deer, and on its back liy
a beautiful and large pair of black wings like
those of a dark angel. It was standing less
than a foot away from me and then
everything went dark.I have just woken and found myself
lying on the forest floor I can see what
appears to be stars through the thick
treetops. I guess I must have passed out
because there is no evidence of me being hit
and knocked out that I can see or feel and the
last thing I remember is being face to face
with what i'm guessing was the jersey devil. If
it was the animal,it is quite different from
what I was told but now I know what the
creature actually looks like and that it is real.
I suppose I will sleep for the last fuew hours
of the night.
Day Three)It is time to continue my
search for the Jersey Devil, and due to the
soft moist earth on the forest floor there were
tracks left behind by the animal I begin to
follow the tracks. I followed them for about
twenty minutes then I realized that the
animal was slowing down. I could tell by the
distance between the tracks then I hear the
loud“nagh” of a horse I then start running
towards the sound and then I hear the sound
of flapping like a giant bird that was trying to
take flight but could not. As I ran thru thewoods following the tracks and then I see the
beautiful black Jersey Devil. I immediately
started slowly putting down my things then I
began slowly walking towards the animal at
this point it has seen me and is now looking
at me I get about two and a half feet away
from the stallion at this point I can reach out
and touch the animal I slowly start raising
my hand to pet the animal. It then steps back
for a moment and then forward again and
sniffs my hand and then I continue putting
my hand towers it and then I make contact
with the animal and I saw a spot on its back
right above the left wing where it had been
injured. I continue petting down its neck as I
walk towards the wound to investigate it.
When i get to the wound it looks to have come
from an old flintlock musket rifle and the
musket ball was still visible. I then grabbed
the smallest twig I could find and attempted
to dig the ball out but as soon as I touch the
wound the stallion jerked away. I went to
attempt it again now I guess it had realize
what I was trying to do and stood firm. I
managed to get the ball out and clean the
wound. And then i hear rustling and footstepscoming from ahead. I started to see a figure
in the distance it was running at us. As soon
as the Figures came into sight range I
recognize that it was the man from the town I
immediately told the Jersey Devil to leave it
began to spread its powerful wings and take
flight the man is less than thirty feet away
from me "I told you to stay away from here
now you must die" yells the man he then pulls
an old flintlock musket from behind his back
and raises his aim at me he began walking
closer and closer until he got less than three
feet from me and points the barrel at my
chest. I had recognize the caliber of the
musket it was the same size as the ball I took
out of the Jersey Devil I then realized he's
been hunting the animal he then takes full
aim put his finger on the trigger and starts
pulling it back and then….
