![]() ''I would not want to see a diamondback coming across the floor here,'' he said. The actor said that as a boy, he kept pet snakes, but that his affection for them has a limit. He has a great devotion and loyalty to animals maligned by mankind, especially venomous animals, which nature has given venom for protection.'' ''He intimidates people with his silence. Shroud, who lives in a spooky estate in the Pine Barrens. Seated in a lounge decorated with prints of old New Jersey, the veteran actor reflected on the character he plays in the movie, the mysterious Mr. Robertson stayed at the 246-year-old Nassau Inn in Princeton, which has its roots in the time when New Jersey was a British colony. Robertson, who is appearing in his 61st movie.īefore going to the State House for the presentation of the joint resolution, Mr. ''This is the unmentioned part of New Jersey history,'' said Mr. This movie version suggests that the origin of the Jersey Devil had something to do with treatment of the Leni Lenape by the British. ''Of course, there's the movie version and there's the real version.'' ''I've never heard of the Devil killing people,'' he said. Leeds, 68, maintains that his family passed down to him the secret location of Mother Leeds's house. Robertson, adds a twist to the tale: the Jersey Devil is Matongwa, the 13th child of a Leni Lenape Indian, who does vicious things to people.īut Harry Leeds, the former mayor of Galloway Township who says he is an 11th-generation descendent of Mother Leeds, takes exception to the cinematic portrayal of the creature first known as the Leeds Devil. The screenplay for ''13th Child,'' by Michael Maryk, who is also the film's executive producer, and Mr. When she became pregnant with her 13th child, she put a curse on it. One popular story of the Jersey Devil tells of a Mother Leeds who lived in the Pine Barrens in the 18th century. ![]()
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