An abandoned drive through zoo that was located in North Jersey. Tales of escaped and left behind animals plagued this location for years. Nature has once again taken over and the only remains of this zoo is the parking lot, a ticket booth and the tunnels that lead under the road from the parking lot. Not much left to see. this is a cool spot to do some hiking though.
If you look at pictures for the hammerhead bat that is native to Africa, you will see that its face does resemble traditional depictions of the Jersey Devil. The sizes are a bit off given that some people stated that the Jersey Devil was between 6-8 feet tall and the bat has a wing span of 27-38 inches and a total length of 7.7-11.2 inches, weighing 8-15.9 ounces and the females are slightly smaller.
One theory could be that someone in the area was keeping a Hammerhead bat as a pet and it escaped. But once again, the sizes between the Hammerhead Bat and the Jersey Devil are way off. The comparison between the two animals is not to far off since throughout time many residents of New Jersey have kept exotic animals as pets. There also have been quite a few zoos, circuses and what not associated with the area.
As far as the face of the Hammerhead Bat it appears to be a better explanation of what people of the Pine Barrens have been seeing as opposed to the Sandhill Crane. But the one up that the Crane has over the bat is that the Crane is native to New Jersey and the bat is native to Africa.
The Sandhill Crane is a herbivore, but since the Jersey Devil has been accused of stealing and attacking livestock and chickens he is thought of as a carnivore. Also the Crane stands about 40-48 inches (3-4 feet) tall and the Jersey Devil is about 72-96 inches (6-8 feet). It is noted that the crane has a loud screech and legend has it, that the Jersey Devil does too.
Many skeptics and those people looking for a rational explanation as to what people have been seeing for several hundreds years in the New Jersey Pine Barrens have searched desperately for an answer. One of the most common and logical given answers has been the Sandhill Crane.
Clinton Road has been described as one of the most haunted roads in the United States. Many deaths, along with many legends occurred along this stretch of road. One of the legends include that of a boy who supposed was struck and killed by a car. His ghost hangs out under the bridge and will toss a coin back to you if you deposit one into the water.
Many people have raced down this road and have lost their lives.
A murder occurred on this road when the hitman known as the ICEMAN took the life of a victim and dumped the body in the woods.