About infernate
TEN FACTS ABOUT ME:- I am 13 years old
- My favorite color is red
- I like to play video games (my favorite game is Ninja Gaiden 2)
- My favorite sport is basketball
- I like pie
- My favorite animal is a chicken
- My favorite anime/TV show is i was bitten
- My favorite scary movie is Saw 4
- I like to run
- My favorite music is rap and rock
THE DEVIL'S TREE
THIS IS ONE SINISTER LOOKING TREE and according to the locals, who told us of the legend, everyone in the vicinity of Bernards Township seems to have a story about it. We were told that at one time a farmer killed his entire family, then went to the tree to hang himself. According to others, numerous suicides and murders occurred around the tree.
Supposedly anyone who tries to cut down the unholy arbor comes to an untimely end, as it is now cursed. It is said that the souls of those killed at the spot give the tree an unnatural warmth, and even in the dead of winter no snow will fall around it.
-When Weird NJ visited the Devil's Tree we noticed evidence that many attempts have been made over the years to take it down. The tree stands all alone in the middle of a large field off Mountain Road. Its trunk has been severely scared by axes and chainsaws, some wounds appearing to be quite old. Why no one has yet been successful in felling the evil oak we can not say for sure. Nor do we know what has become of those who have tried.
One Weird NJ reader described the Devil's Tree to us this way: "There's a big field and right near the road is the tree. It's the only thing in the field. Supposedly it's a portal to hell and a sentinel guards it. He drives an old black Ford or Chevy pick-up truck and will chase you down the road until a certain point. You will see headlights one second, and the next nothing - the car is just gone. My friend has had the old black truck chase him several times down the road, and then it was just gone. We have had it chase us, but we were in a Firebird GTA and were out of there too quick."
Another local told us that the inherent unholiness of the Devil's Tree is the result of the evil that men do, and nothing supernatural at all.
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"There is a very evil truth to the mythology of the Devil's Tree. At one time, Bernards Township was one of the central headquarters of the KKK in New Jersey – they held many demonstrations in our town and held many meetings throughout the hills. As per KKK policy, often they would 'lynch' local African-Americans to set an example, not only to other African-Americans, but also as an example of their principle and resolve.
The Devil's Tree was more secluded in those times before the developments spread across the mountain like a plague. It sat in a very isolated section of woods and fields, far from the prying eyes of the police. The Devil's Tree was the site of many of the KKK's meetings and hangings. The evil energy around the tree comes from the souls of dead men and women who were killed by this vile organization. If you look at the picture you posted online, the left most branch extends almost parallel to the ground. This was the hanging branch. Pretty freaky and true stuff. To freak ourselves out, sometimes my friends and I would drive down the road at night telling ghost. When the moon is a full red harvest moon, and the wind is blowing just right, it looks like there might be bodies hanging from the branch, slowly swaying in the breeze."
– Rob Schmidt
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