THE TRAGIC BIRTH OF THE LEEDS FAMILY’S THIRTEENTH CHILD
Mother Leeds had twelve children and, after finding she was pregnant for the thirteenth time, cursed the child in frustration, crying that the child would be the "devil". On a stormy night, surrounded by her closest friends and family Mother Leeds went into labor.. Born as a normal child, the thirteenth child changed to a creature with hooves, a goat's head, bat wings, and a forked tail. Growling and screaming, the child beat everyone with its tail before flying up the chimney and heading into the pines.Rumors now circulate that Mother Leeds is witch and her husband the devil, himself. In the coming weeeks, local clergy men will come together in an attnempt to exorcise the beast from within the Pine Barrens’ forests.