There are a few different interpretations of the legend and they all involve pirates and rum. You do know that pirates lived on the outer banks since the 1700's right? Well, as the tale is told pirate ships fresh from the Caribbean landed on these shores with their plundered booty. These ships contained vast amounts of rum and it is said they would unload enough rum to kill the devil. The would bury the rum in a large sand dunes for storage. Thus the name...Kill Devil Hills...
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