The Jersey Devil...

So here is the story of the Jersey Devil, thanks to Wikipedia.

The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature or cryptid said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey, United States. The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many variations.

Most accounts of the Jersey Devil legend attribute the creature to a "Mother Leeds", a supposed witch, although the tale has many variations. According to one version, she invoked the devil by saying "let it be the devil" while giving birth to her 13th child, and when the baby was born it was named Lucas, it either immediately or soon afterward transformed into a devil-like creature and flew off into the surrounding pines.

During the week of January 16 through 23, 1909, hundreds of people reported encounters with the Jersey Devil. Newspapers of the time named it "Phenomenal Week" and the public reaction has been called the Devil's "most infamous spree." Reports initially concerned unidentified footprints in the snow, but soon sightings of creatures resembling the Jersey Devil were being reported throughout South Jersey and as far away as Philadelphia and Delaware.  The widespread newspaper coverage led to a panic throughout the Delaware Valleyprompting a number of schools to close and workers to stay home.  Among alleged encounters publicized that week were an attack on a trolley-car full of passengers in Haddon Heights and an attack on a social club in Camden.Police in Camden and Bristol, Pennsylvania supposedly fired on the creature to no effect.

And what does the Jersey Devil look like?

It is about three feet and half high, with a head like a collie dog anda face like a horse. It has a long neck, wings about two feet long, andits back legs are like those of a crane, and it has horse's hooves.It walks on its back legs and holds up two short front legs with pawson them. 

Since I've been laid up after my surgery, I've been indulging in some of my guilty pleasures.  Namely Jerseylicious, The Real Housewives of New Jersey and The Jersey Shore.  All of those crazy ladies got me to thinking about baked ziti  the Jersey Devil.  I think Snookie might be the Jersey Devil.  So, in honor of Halloween and because I've already had a baked Italian dish this week, I wanted to pay tribute to New Jersey in my own way.

I present to you:

THE JERSEY DEVIL MEATLOAF.

Mmmm.  Evil meatloaf.