Dover Demon

Massachusetts

Alien / Mutant

A frail, quadrupedal entity with a bulbous melon-head and glowing eyes whose brief appearance perfectly aligned with the biological traits of a perched snowy owl.

Etymology

Named by cryptozoologists after the town of Dover, Massachusetts, where it exclusively manifested.

Anatomy

A 4-foot-tall creature possessing a watermelon-shaped head devoid of a nose or mouth. It features long, spindly arms and large eyes that glow orange or peach in the reflection of car headlights.

Ecology

Briefly occupied the terrestrial stone walls and rural roads of Dover over two nights in 1977.

Behavior

It acts as a silent, stationary observer, perching atop broken stone walls. Skeptic Joe Nickell notes that its 'spindly arms' and 'peach glowing eyes' are scientifically consistent with the splayed feathers and eyeshine of a large snowy owl caught in halogen headlights.

Mythology

Sighted by local teenagers in April 1977, police ultimately concluded the event was a school vacation hoax. Researchers suggest the boys' imaginations were heavily influenced by the contemporary pop-culture releases of 'Star Wars' and 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.