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The Jersey Devil

Without a doubt, New Jersey’s oldest, most enduring, and important pieces of folklore is the tale of the infamous Jersey Devil. For close to three hundred years now, Jerseyans have told tales of this...

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The Wild Parrots of Edgewater

Polly Wanna River View Condo?  New Jersey wildlife is oftentimes surprising.  The residents of towns and cities in North Jersey may not know that bears and coyotes naturally inhabit the mountains and...

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“Big Red Eye”

Like Bigfoot, Big Red Eye sightings of the northwest corner of the state describe a large bipedal creature covered with long hair from head to toe. But what witnesses in Sussex County who have seen...

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Bigfoot and the “Big Hairy Man”

Reports of encounters with the legendary creature known as Bigfoot, Sasquatch and the Abdominal Snowman are common in the Pacific Northwest, as well as rural areas in Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania....

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The Matawan Man-eater: The Real New Jersey “Jaws” of 1916

Nearly 60 years before Peter Benchley’s novel “Jaws,” a real man-eater lurked the waters of the New Jersey coast. It was July 1, 1916, and in Beach Haven the tourist season was in full swing. The...

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The Sandy Hook Sea Serpent

The North Shrewsbury (Navesink) River is one of the most scenic estuaries on the Eastern Coast of America. Known for luxury yachts, stately homes, and iceboating, it is hardly the place you would...

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Bigfoot Roams Route 46

I was driving through the gently rolling hills along Route 46, just west of Hackettstown in the Great Meadows-Vienna section of Independence Township, when all of a sudden I spotted Bigfoot! The...

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Jersey Devils and Bizarre Beasts of Weird NJ

Jersey Devils, Bizarre Beasts And Other Creatures of Weird NJ: True Life Encounters with the Unknown Have you ever been in a situation you cannot explain? Witnessed something so strange you were...

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Beware of the BLOB: It Came from the Jersey Shore!

It was on this day, August 6, in Weird NJ history that a large mysterious blob appeared in a Little Egg Harbor tributary in 2003. The Jersey State Police’s marine unit was called in the Department of...

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NEW Weird Gear Galore!

Now you can have all of your favorite Weird NJ icons on all kinds of cool new Weird Wear, like Tee Shirts, Girls Tees, Sweatshirts, Long Sleeve Tees, Hoodies, Unisex Tanks, Kids Tees, Tie Dyes or...

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Wildwood’s Wall of Death and the Terror of Tuffy

It was October 5th, of 1938 and like elsewhere in the nation New Jersey was mired in the midst of the Great Depression. Despite the hardships being suffered though, summer tourists would still flock...

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The Wild Parrots of Edgewater

Polly Wanna River View Condo?  New Jersey wildlife is oftentimes surprising.  The residents of towns and cities in North Jersey may not know that bears and coyotes naturally inhabit the mountains and...

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