I’m writing a fantasy story dealing with the Jersey Devil. Naturally, the climax involves the heroes confronting the Jersey Devil in his abode – the Pine Barrens.

I have a very specific dramatic scene in mind for how the Jersey Devil gets killed involving a van crashing into him and then the van and he teeter on the edge of a rocky cliff.

The only problem is – as far as I know, there are no cliffs in the Pine Barrens. There are cliffs in New Jersey, sure, but that’s way further up north. The story demands that the climax takes place in the Pine Barrens, because I want to stay true to the urban legend, which has the Jersey Devil associated with the Pine Barrens.

I do live in Jersey and I’ve been meaning to visit down there myself for brainstorming when I have the time – key phrase “when I have the time.”

I’m willing to substitute for any region of high elevation in the Pine Barrens – doesn’t have to be a cliff – just a place of dangerous height. I’m also willing to have the climax take place some distance away from the heart of the Pine Barnes, in which the heroes would give chase to the Jersey Devil. But it has to be a reasonable distance.

Worse comes to worst – screw it. I’ll just have to think of another death scene for the Jersey Devil then.

Topics: New York, geography, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, urban legend, pine barrens, the jersey devil