As H.P Lovecraft one said "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear and the oldest and stronger kind of fear is the fear is fear of the unknown." This quote is pretty straight forward. When you do not understand something you tend to fear it, like an omnipotent humanoid man in the sky judging you because you where told so. However, it is told by someone who is eyes are yet to be open. In the beginning there were things that are hard to explain since there was nothing to actually rely on for facts or information or any type of understanding of a language, but as complex minded as humans evolved we started to do something that was remarkable, and that was language. With language it is defined as thoughts converted into a method of communication but alas we still do not understand anything , so what is the next best thing, well make things up. Make some type of guideline that others can understand, but using false information will hurt many but did help start something, the pathway on finding the truth. Although the truth is good the memo will not be received very well by those who have a strongly believe in the made up allegation. In this case, there is a urban legend that stars a creature that is evil. However this creature exist for false reasons, not because of seeing this weird creature on camera but because of where did this story started. Just like all myths and legends, there's always a story that is fabricated to the point where the original story was change and misinterpreted.
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Just like translations, there is always something that can be interpreted differently or completely change all together by just a word of mouth and who is telling the story. Here are some notable examples of the Jersey Devil having many different interpretations of the story, this example is by an article stating that a man was just hunting in the woods until he heard something that sounded like a snake to only find out that the spotted the Jersey Devil was only a few feet away from him. The man in the article then exclaimed that he heard about the Jersey Devil as a Native American legend."Crackpots aren't the only ones who claim to have seen the creepy critter. In the early 19th century, U.S. Commodore Stephen Decatur is said to have seen it when he was 'testing cannonballs in the Pine Barrens.' Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon (yes, that Napoleon) and Bordentown, N.J., resident, had his own sighting as well. According to Mental Floss, he was hunting alone in the woods when he heard a 'strange hissing noise' and found himself face-to-face with an animal with a 'long neck, wings, legs like a crane with horse's hooves at the end, stumpy arms with paws, and a face like a horse or a camel.' It hissed once more before flying away. Since then sightings of the monster have spread to areas all over the Garden State. (When the beast visits my hometown, Freehold, it kicks back in Turkey Swamp Park.) For many New Jerseyans, the legend of the Jersey Devil is a fact, or fiction, of life. Where does the myth come from? A 'Native American legend,' whatever that means? Probably not. The Jersey Devil Wikipedia entry says the "earliest legends" date back to 'Native American folklore.' While we don't doubt that there could be a Lenni Lenape
Just like translations, there is always something that can be interpreted differently or completely change all together by just a word of mouth and who is telling the story. Here are some notable examples of the Jersey Devil having many different interpretations of the story, this example is by an article stating that a man was just hunting in the woods until he heard something that sounded like a snake to only find out that the spotted the Jersey Devil was only a few feet away from him. The man in the article then exclaimed that he heard about the Jersey Devil as a Native American legend."Crackpots aren't the only ones who claim to have seen the creepy critter. In the early 19th century, U.S. Commodore Stephen Decatur is said to have seen it when he was 'testing cannonballs in the Pine Barrens.' Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon (yes, that Napoleon) and Bordentown, N.J., resident, had his own sighting as well. According to Mental Floss, he was hunting alone in the woods when he heard a 'strange hissing noise' and found himself face-to-face with an animal with a 'long neck, wings, legs like a crane with horse's hooves at the end, stumpy arms with paws, and a face like a horse or a camel.' It hissed once more before flying away. Since then sightings of the monster have spread to areas all over the Garden State. (When the beast visits my hometown, Freehold, it kicks back in Turkey Swamp Park.) For many New Jerseyans, the legend of the Jersey Devil is a fact, or fiction, of life. Where does the myth come from? A 'Native American legend,' whatever that means? Probably not. The Jersey Devil Wikipedia entry says the "earliest legends" date back to 'Native American folklore.' While we don't doubt that there could be a Lenni Lenape