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RE: The WeirdNJ site and publications ...
https://weirdnj.com
There is so much cool weird stuff on this site... from "Zip the What Is It", to Satanic sacrifice (supposedly) in abandoned mental hospitals, to monkey-men, to "experimental" cows with windows cut into the side of their stomachs confused...
On the "Earth Mysteries" side of things, there is also ...The Albino Village...
Embedded link is dead. The 'Albino Village' webpage was apparently discontinued years ago. No archived version containing any text was found.
On the current WeirdNJ site references to the 'Albino Village' can be found at:
https://weirdnj.com/stories/clinton-road/
(Mention of the 'Albino Village')
https://weirdnj.com/stories/essex-road/
(A separate UL about aggressive / murderous albinos on a different NJ road)
And especially ...
Small Wonders of Midgetville
https://weirdnj.com/stories/midgetville/
The actual Clifton NJ residential neighborhood most often associated with the Albino Village legend no longer exists.
The current WeirdNJ site also links to an audio podcast specifically focused on the legendary Albino Village:
https://weirdnj.com
There is so much cool weird stuff on this site... from "Zip the What Is It", to Satanic sacrifice (supposedly) in abandoned mental hospitals, to monkey-men, to "experimental" cows with windows cut into the side of their stomachs confused...
On the "Earth Mysteries" side of things, there is also ...
Embedded link is dead. The 'Albino Village' webpage was apparently discontinued years ago. No archived version containing any text was found.
On the current WeirdNJ site references to the 'Albino Village' can be found at:
https://weirdnj.com/stories/clinton-road/
(Mention of the 'Albino Village')
https://weirdnj.com/stories/essex-road/
(A separate UL about aggressive / murderous albinos on a different NJ road)
And especially ...
Small Wonders of Midgetville
https://weirdnj.com/stories/midgetville/
There is perhaps no more fabled place in our state than the mythical village of Midgetville. Spurred on by tales of this tiny town and its wee inhabitants, Weird NJ has visited at least half a dozen locations rumored to be the home of a colony of these vertically challenged individuals. ...
The most credible reports of Midgetville that we’ve investigated are probably the ones that center around a remote enclave of houses in the woods of Jefferson Township in northern Morris County. Though the houses are quite small, it is this community’s close proximity to the old Ringling Brothers’ Estate which really made us wonder whether we had at last found the true Midgetville we had so long sought. ...
In 1913 circus mogul Alfred T. Ringling purchased nearly 1000 acres of land in this section of Jefferson Township (then known as Petersburg) on which to build an estate and winter home for his performers (many of whom were little people) and his animals. Nestled between the Green Pond and Bowling Green Mountains, the estate proper consisted of 100 acres, with a stately 26-room stone mansion overlooking the grounds, barns and cobblestone elephant houses. ...
Upon Alfred’s death in 1919 the circus moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut, then to Sarasota, Florida, its winter quarters to this day.
The actual Clifton NJ residential neighborhood most often associated with the Albino Village legend no longer exists.
http://wikimapia.org/10062556/Albino-VillageAlbino Village (Clifton, New Jersey)
A culdesac accessed through a brick arch tunnel that, long ago, was rumored to be home to a colony of Albinos. It was a big late-night spot and kids would go there to scare their dates. It was prominently featured in Weird NJ. The shantytown was slowly torn down int he 80's and replaced by larger duplex homes. In 2008, the whole neighborhood was torn down to make way for an expansion project for Route 3.
The current WeirdNJ site also links to an audio podcast specifically focused on the legendary Albino Village:
It seems the lack of pigmentation in a person’s skin really freaks some people out. Perhaps for this reason one of the most fabled places in New Jersey lore is the land of Albino Village.
The legend dates back to the early 1900s, to an area of Clifton on the banks of the Passaic River once known as Frogtown. Rumors began to spread of an enclave of pigmentally impaired people who were shunned by society and chose to live on their own in the ramshackle shacks of Frogtown...
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