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    Did the New Jersey Devils get their name from the so called creature named the New Jersey Devil or does it come from something else?

    Question #62250. Asked by TONYSTAMMY. (Feb 03 06 8:14 PM)


    mementoflash

    		Yes.

    The team’s name, chosen in a 1982 fan contest, comes from the mythical Jersey Devil, not the Christian symbol of the antichrist, according to Weird N.J., a travel guide to the state’s most offbeat attractions.

    The mythical Jersey Devil — with batlike wings, a forked tail and oversized claws — was said to terrorize Pine Barrens dwellers in the 18th century after being born the 13th child to poor south Jerseyans and morphing into a dinosaurlike beast.

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    Feb 03 06, 9:47 PM

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