From the folks who created the book "Weird N.J.," comes the sequel, "Weird N.J. Vol. 2: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets." (Sterling Publishing, $19.95.)
Those who live in New Jersey have always known it was a bit weird, and many who lived outside of it may have suspected it. But it took Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman, both residents of Essex County and Jersey Shore vacationers, to bring it all to light.
Abandoned places, creepy experiences, unusual people and strange landmarks fill the book.
The authors detail a version of the Bermuda Triangle. Near the Round Valley Reservoir, a strange green light has been seen hovering above the water. There have been numerous drownings, and the legend goes that whenever one of the bodies comes up to the surface, another person will drown soon.
Not all of the weirdness is macabre. They write about the "Woo-Woo Boy" of Lyndhurst, who hangs out at the firehouse when he isn't riding around on his bike, imitating a siren. Roy E. Downs of North Jersey wears breeches, leggings and a cocked hat of the Colonial era every day. Sondra Fortunata, of the Toms River area, likes to dress up as a beauty pageant queen and says all of her titles, Miss Football, Miss Millennium, Miss Super Bowl, Miss World Series, Miss NFL, Miss Body Beautiful USA and Miss Opening Day are all legitimate. She rides around in her car, as Moran and Sceurman put it, "hoping to get camera time and making a general spectacle of herself."
One section describes people who decorate (to put it gently) their homes and properties with all sorts of gee-gaws; another details ghosts and gravestones.
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