Lamb Legs and the Menantico

[Menantico]

My friend Rick Whitehead of Bridgeton recently released an independent film titled "Menantico Blues." It is based on the hyper-local legend of Lamb Legs, a crypto-animal who haunts the woods of Newcombtown, Millville, Leamings Mill, and the Menantico Lakes. The cinematography of the Cumberland County pines where I grew up is fantastic, and I even play a small part as Young Pete around the 16th-17th minute. The scene I'm in was shot at the Maurice River Bluffs in southern Millville. While most of the "actors" are people I know and are locals (as you can tell by the accents), we were lucky enough to get Hacksaw Jim Duggan from the WWF to play a part too!

 

[Toothy Critter]

I love it !!!!!!!!!! Great cinematography.

 

[bobpbx]

That was really well done. A lot of it was very funny. I especially liked seeing lambs leg the first time. The way they made his legs bent is a hoot! And I really got involved in the fight at the end. Rick is a good storyteller and producer.

What about the Lamburt boys? Fiction? Al probably knows them.

Also, you were sitting next to a fire on the bluff. Is that done by the locals too? Is that private property?

 

[Steve McKee]

Karl Childers for the win!

 

[Pandrews]

Awesome!

 

[Wick]

Great Job! I liked all the moving shots from above panning the different areas. Would anyone else like a antifreeze cocktail?

 

[Gerania]

I have to watch this tomorrow. I'm about 10 minutes in, but it's past my bedtime.

 

[Wick]

Make sure to finish watching, its really good

 

[imkms]

I enjoyed the movie a lot. Although tt doesn’t speak well for Millville.

 

[Menantico]

That was really well done. A lot of it was very funny. I especially liked seeing lambs leg the first time. The way they made his legs bent is a hoot! And I really got involved in the fight at the end. Rick is a good storyteller and producer.

What about the Lamburt boys? Fiction? Al probably knows them.

Also, you were sitting next to a fire on the bluff. Is that done by the locals too? Is that private property?

As long as I've been going there, people have been making fires in that pit. I'm pretty sure thats all Nature Conservancy property.

 

[Old Halfway]

Treat seeing this here. I have known Rick and his brother for quite a long time. Good guys, glad to see this. Cheers.

 

[davis]

Was Lamb Legs a real person? I remember hearing about him, growing up in the 60's in Millville.

 

[davis]

In Weird NJ, issue 45, they offer several possibilities. My guess is the legend came from the farmer who got tired of kids partying on his property. Left to imagination and storytellers, it sure made a great story.

 

[MuckSavage]

Like "Head"... The guy reportedly who lived on Little Mill Rd, Gloucester Two/Pine Hill

 

[davis]

I've never heard of "Head".