Man recalls incident years before among homes near Brick witnessed in Ocean County, New Jersey

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Even after all of these years, I still find it difficult to discuss what exactly I saw. I still vividly remember the encounter and how terrified my friend and I were afterwards. It's amazing how time slows during intense moments, every detail is burned to memory, but in actuality only several seconds passed. To be honest, I don't know exactly what I saw that summer evening long ago. As a child growing up, we were taught in school the legends surrounding the Jersey Devil and weird happenings in the Pine Barrens. Hopefully this story won't be viewed as lore that the region is famous for. The only thing I can say for sure is, it really did happen and I will do my best to portray the event as I remember it. I grew up in a middle size town, a few miles from both the Jersey shore and the edges of the Pine Barrens. My neighborhood & town were undergoing a growth spurt and wooded areas where I played as a kid were now strip malls or homes. My house was on a corner lot and the neighbor's hous...