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The Jersey Devil is a folkloric creature said to be the 13th child of a couple in the 1730s. Its story is thought to originate in part from Benjamin Franklin. It lives in the Pine Barrens, to this day scaring visitors of the sprawling east Jersey pine forest.

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The Squonk is a cryptid said to inhabit the Hemlock forests of northern Pennsylvania, first recorded around 1910.
Described in Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods:
“The squonk is of a very retiring disposition, generally traveling about at twilight and dusk. Because of its misfitting skin, which is covered with warts and moles, it is always unhappy ... Hunters who are good at tracking are able to follow a squonk by its tear-stained trail, for the animal weeps constantly. When cornered and escape seems impossible, or when surprised and frightened, it may even dissolve itself in tears.”

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The Philadelphia Experiment is an early alien technology and military experiment tale about a naval destroyer at the Philadelphia Navy Yard briefly turning invisible. In the story, the ship supposedly did not turn invisible but instead teleported to Norfolk, Virginia, before returning a few minutes later.
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