The Pine Barrens aren’t big enough for Sasquatch and the Jersey Devil
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Illustration by Tony Auth
There might be a Bigfoot in South Jersey.
The cable TV show “Chasing Bigfoot,” on the Animal Planet channel, recently shot an episode of Sasquatch hunters on a tip that the mythical creature has been spotted in the Pine Barrens of South Jersey.
Their findings were inconclusive. Nevertheless the possibility presents a potential conflict because, historically, the Pine Barrens has been the stomping ground of the legendary Jersey Devil.
Both creatures living in the same place would create an epic turf war, which might sound like this… (Click the orange speaker button near the headline to reveal audio player.)
The audio trailer you just heard for “Sasquatch vs. The Jersey Devil” — is a film that does not exist — was written by Jennifer Childs and performed by members of 1812 Productions, with special guests Ed Cunningham and Marty Moss-Coane.
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