The Pine Barrens makes USA Today's short list of "scariest US towns"

[Boyd]

"The Pine Barrens of New Jersey encompass several towns and counties, and in the most densely populated state in the U.S., it's a wooded wonderland of weirdness and natural beauty."

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[martink]

Phaedra Trethan used to work for the Courier-Post and then Inquirer so she is (or was) a local.

 

[Boyd]

"Phaedra Trethan was born in New Jersey and lived there most of her life. While she regularly hikes in the Pine Barrens, she's encountered only Pineys, and has not come face to face with the Jersey Devil. Yet."