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Dover Demon
Dover Demon is a cryptid β a creature whose existence is unconfirmed by science β with reported sightings near Dover, Massachusetts, US. This file collects the accounts and folklore surrounding it.
Where and when was Dover Demon sighted?
- Location
- Dover, Massachusetts, US
- Date sighted
- 1977-04-21
- Coordinates
- 42.25, -71.28
- Testimonies
- 0
- Last updated
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What is Dover Demon?
The Dover Demon is one of the shortest-lived but most vivid cryptid cases in American folklore, born from a single weekend in the quiet suburb of Dover, Massachusetts, in April 1977. Over two consecutive nights, several teenagers independently described a small, hairless creature roughly three feet tall, with a large melon-shaped head, thin spindly limbs, and skin compared to wet sandpaper or peach fuzz; witness John Baxter said its eyes "glowed like two orange marbles" in his headlights. One witness even sketched it shortly after the sighting. No physical evidence, tracks, or repeat sightings ever surfaced, and the story might have vanished if not for local cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, who interviewed the teens and popularized the name. Skeptics point to a misidentified newborn moose calf, a foal, an owl seen at a bad angle, or simply an elaborate teenage prank, but the case endures as a textbook example of how a handful of consistent eyewitness accounts, however sincere, can calcify into enduring local legend.
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