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According to the speaker, where was the Jersey Devil born?
In central New Jersey
Among a group of pine trees
In an area with unusual plants
In a lonely place
What did his mother do when she found out she was pregnant with her thirteenth child?
She cursed the child.
She tried to end the pregnancy.
She make a deal with the devil.
She stopped going to church.
According to the legend, what did the baby look like when he was born?
He had a long sad face.
He was very ugly.
He had small red eyes.
He was a very large baby.
What type of personality did the Jersey Devil have?
He was unhappy.
He was angry.
He was violent.
He was mischievous.
What is the purpose of the talk?
To tell about a famous man
To tell about a famous place
To tell the origin of a story
To tell a story about ghosts
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I'll tell you about the Jersey Devil. I think only people in New Jersey know about him. The Jersey Devil was, born probably in about the eighteen hundreds, in Leeds Point in the southern part of New Jersey, the part of New Jersey called the Pine Barrens. The Pine Barrens are a unique place, it's a kind of like the Everglades. It's, uh... big swampy areas, with red water and unusual types of trees and things growing that... botanists come from all over the world to study because they're unique. The Jersey Devil was born, like I said, in the eighteen hundreds to Mrs Leeds, of Leeds Point. At the time she found out she was pregnant, she already had twelve kids, so when she found out she was having another baby, she cursed it. And some people say that's... the start of the Jersey Devil. When she went into labor... the baby came out, and the midwife screamed and fainted, and the baby flew up the chimney cuz he had wings. He had wings and a tail... and he looked a kind of like a monster. But, some people say he wasn't a really monster. He was, uh... well he looked like a monster but he was sad and a lonely type of a... creature hehe. At night you can hear him kind of crying and moaning and wailing sometimes. And ever since, the eighteen hundreds farmers_ sometimes their_ some of their, uh, livestock would disappear and they would see tracks or find evidence and, sometimes they would say, it was the Jersey Devil. And even in modern times when people, go into Pine Barrens and start talking about the Jersey Devil and joking about him. Things will happen like, the car will stop dead, and the lights will turn out, and the whole electrical system will die, just for a little bit, and then it will come back on again. So, some people think he's only a legend but some people say they've seen him or had experiences with him. So that's the Jersey Devil.