Jersey Devil

The Jersey Devil is a cryptid that inhabits New Jersey. Although there are many different accountings of what the Jersey Devil looks like, most witnesses claim that it is a winged biped with hooves.

The Jersey Devil remained an obscure regional legend through most of the 18th and 19th centuries until a series of purported sightings in 1909 gained it press coverage and wider notability. It was described in newspapers as having "leathery batlike wings", the body of a serpent and the head of a horse, cloven hooves, two small arms, a devil's forked tail, and a "horrifying screech".

In 2008, more than ten encounters with the Jersey Devil were reported to the Devil Hunters, a professional research organization devoted to the Jersey Devil.