Jersey Devil Research Paper

In history there a few monsters that are neigh invulnerable. Creatures so mighty that only a few can defeat them, the Teumessian Fox and Jersey Devil are two such monsters. The Jersey Devil is a monster that has both much known about yet still manages to be mysterious. It has many different variations of how it occurred, but they all lead to a Mrs. Reeds giving birth to a devil. At one point or another it escaped out of her house, and was then exercised by a clergy. The Jersey Devil then disappeared for the next one hundred fifty years, until it returned killing numerous animals. Then it disappeared, to yet again return and reek havoc, then disappearing. It appeared three times in total before the mass sightings stopped. The Jersey Devil in a strange monstrosity that is immune to even cannon fire, and may not even be bound to the physics of our world. It is said to have a long neck with a horse face, bat wings, and stand on two hind legs while holding up its two short front legs.

The Teumessian Fox, a Greek monster that only appeared once in myth. It terrorized the city of Thebes, stealing children.
Why create such myths. The answer is simple; they are grand unstoppable forces that only gods may stop. They exist to warn the human species that we live in a big world filled with many existences beyond us. We will not be “on top” forever. One day something will appear and we’ll need everything we have to stop it, or not. In reality these are old fables that hold more sway in the time when we didn’t have the whole world mapped. Though they hold some truth in that the world is filled with unstoppable force such as hurricanes and earth quakes. The monsters just act as a simple reminder to be weary on a midnight stroll through the woods, because you never know what might be behind the next tree. After all the dark is the last refuge of the unknown, and it just loves to pop up when we are