Region In New Jersey Named Among America’s Spookiest Places
Experts have named an entire region of New Jersey as being among the spookiest places in the United States.
Most states have a hotel of an old prison or hospital as the spookiest place in their state, but not New Jersey.
New Jersey's Spookiest Place
We are overachievers in the Garden State, and even our spookiest place has to be bigger than any other state's We're very competitive.
The well-respected Conde-Nast Traveler put out a list of the spookiest places in each state and for New Jersey, our spookiest place measured in acres.
We would be hard-pressed to find a spooky place that is bigger than the Pine Barrens, and that is what the experts say is New Jersey's spookiest place.
How Big Is New Jersey's Spookiest Place?
Most spooky places across the country are the size of a hotel or a hospital, but in the Garden State, our spookiest place is about 1.1 million acres. That's a lot of scary.
We've all heard the bone-chilling stories of the Jersey Devil calling the Pine Barrens his stomping grounds, and that is enough to make this vast area the most frightening place in New Jersey.
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Sightings of the Jersey Devil may have peaked in a tumultuous week in 1909. In one week in January of that year, there were 30 reported sightings of the beast, including stories about the Jersey Devil crossing the Delaware River, according to the Atlantic County website.
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