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“When Wings Darken the Sky: The Jersey Devil and Modern Humanoid Encounters”
Step back into one of the strangest weeks in American folklore — January 1909, when New Jersey residents claimed to witness a
terrifying winged creature stalking the Pine Barrens.
In this episode, we revisit three key encounters from that “phenomenal week”:
• The Sackville Incident — a police officer’s chilling brush with the unknown.
• The Hugg’s Tavern Account — eyewitnesses recount an eerie visitation that left South Jersey towns in panic.
• The Laura Winkelman Encounter (2004) — a modern day sighting that reignited interest in the legend nearly a century
later.
Then, we sit down with Lon Strickler, prolific researcher and author of Phantoms and Monsters, whose work has chronicled
hundreds of winged humanoid reports, from the classic Mothman stories to present day flying entity sightings across
North America. Together, we explore the continuing mystery:
“Join us –and perhaps you too, will believe”
-JG
