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‘Seein’ Things’ (2018)

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Ray’s first Jersey Devil book

For three hundred years we’ve had Jersey Devil sightings, mostly in the Pinelands of New Jersey. Is it possible that people are telling the truth about these encounters?

Seein’ Things

My late brother-in-law, Dr. Ray Miller, spent a lot of time in the pine barrens investigating Jersey Devil sightings. At the end, he could never make up his mind whether the Devil was real or not. All he’d say for certain was, “There’s something out there–but I don’t know what!”

You can find Jersey Devil videos on YouTube. Some are silly. Some are out-and-out hokum. But a few if them do show people who’ve been scared out of their gourds by something dark and strange.

Go ahead–go camping in the Jersey pines alone some night, and let us know how you make out.

‘Centaur Sighting: Bunion, NJ’ (2017)

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It was three years ago that a centaur snatched a woman’s purse on the outskirts of Bunion, New Jersey.

Centaur Sighting: Bunion, NJ

They still haven’t solved the crime, although they did arrest a centaur last week for not wearing a face mask.

People are now afraid to take shortcuts through the woods around Bunion.

Monster or Hallucination? New Jersey’s Mantis Man

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For a little bitty state, New Jersey has more than its share of weirdness. The latest is the “Mantis Man,” a giant bug-like creature said to haunt the countryside around the Musconetcong River ( http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2015/03/urban_legend_have_you_seen_the.html ).

What makes people tell stories like this, about having seen Mantis Man? You’d think they’d be afraid of being thought insane, or laughed at as really silly liars. Like, you’re fishing the river and all of a sudden you see this creature, eight feet tall if it’s an inch, looking like a cross between a human being and a giant praying mantis: and then it disappears.

As reported in the magazine, Weird NJ (issue No. 45), the few eyewitness accounts of Mantis Man, tendered by persons who probably don’t know each other, seem to agree as to details and a general sense of terror.

Mantis Man is a new arrival on the scene. By contrast, the Jersey Devil, the resident monster of the southern half of the state, has been scaring people since the 1700s and is still occasionally reported to this day. ( See “The Mystery of the Jersey Devil,” http://leeduigon.com/2015/09/20/the-mystery-of-the-jersey-devil/ ).

Are all these people lying? Or crazy? Are their eyes just playing tricks on them?

Beats me. I just don’t know what to make of it. Do you?