The Creature that lurks in the Pine Barrens

It's hard to believe in a legend or a myth of a undocumented creature when there is no hard proof to support it. I mean why believe in something that has never been caged and studied scientifically? Some may believe there is no point in the matter, but just because a creature is said to not exist does this make it fact? The truth is we can never really tell for certain because there is always that lurking question of "What If?". The new jersey devil may be a myth, but the probability of it being a actual creature may be evident. In the past 260 years there have been 2,000 witnesses of the creature, and the fact may be that it is a rare creature on the verge of extinction. That is why I chose this subject to write about, because the subject is a mystery that has been unsolved for many years. The legends of the creature comes in many different variations, but there are common similarities that can be found between them. The same goes for the creatures appearance; a flying biped with hooves being the most popular of them all. There may be truth hidden beneath the legends surrounding the unknown animal that is said to lurk around New Jersey and it’s forest. I believe that there is truth to be found, and that there could be something lurking in those forest. Even if it’s not the new jersey devil, it could just be a rare breed of bird that’s numbers are dwindling. The stories surrounding the creature certainly make it look that way; though, the credibility of the stories is limited. My impression of the legend; the stories of this being the child of a women that transformed into a devil doesn’t, in my opinion, hold any truth. There are many variations of the stories, and the facts of them all seem to hold little to no actual reality behind them.

What can be said about the new jersey devil? Is that it's a mystery in the state of New Jersey and a legend among the citizens within it. The only question is left to be answered is “Is it real?”.