š„EPISODE 1
š· āThe Mantis Man of the Musconetcong ā Part One: The
Thing in the Riverā
This week, we head back to Jefferson Township ā back to the lake, the spillway, and the
narrow stretch of river where I spent my entire childhood swimming, boating, fishingā¦ and
apparently missing a seven-foot translucent praying mantis humanoid lurking just
downstream.
While I was buried in Tommy Sullivan and chasing the Jersey Devil through the Pines, a
monster was hiding in plain sight ā right where I grew up.
In Part One, we break down the origin story of Mantis Man, the eerie local legend born from a
handful of eyewitnesses who swear they saw something tall, thin, silent, and very unhuman
standing in the Musconetcong River.
š Chapters
1. š Where the Water Comes From
2. š£ The Fisherman Who Didnāt Expect Company
3. š The Driver on the Bridge
A hometown haunting. A river full of secrets. And a cryptid I cannot believe I never heard about
until adulthood.
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