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Dover Demon site

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Dover Demon site is a road in Dover, Massachusetts. Farm Street—three witnesses, two nights, one small pale creature (1977). Its signature presence is Dover Demon — the figure the file’s accounts keep returning to. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open country — visitable, weather permitting.

Archive note: first reported 1977
Cryptid Sighting
Coordinates
42.237, -71.283 · Sourced coordinates

Is Dover Demon site haunted?

The record holds 1 claim, 1 legend, 1 named entity — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed documented legend. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.

The record — long form

The Dover Demon is the two nights — the '77 April sightings by four teens, the Farm Street wall where Bartlett saw it. The drawing is the evidence — the artist's sketch that Bartlett made, the 'swear on a stack of Bibles' that he wrote. The debunk is the owl — the snowy owl that Nickell proposed, the glowing eyes that the headlights made.

The line was the sightings — the straight path on the map, the three spots that connected. The pop culture was the timing — the Star Wars and Close Encounters year, the aliens that were in the air. The Dover Demon is the unexplained — the four teens who saw it, the creature that's still the mystery.

The file keeps the Dover Demon: the 1977 sightings, the sketches, the owl theory, and the straight line.

The Dover Demon is the archive's Massachusetts file — the two-night cryptid.

Why this file matters

The Dover Demon is the archive's Massachusetts file — the teenage sightings.

A wall keeps its creature — the file's suggestion being that the Demon's hold is the specificity: the four witnesses, the sworn sketch, and the owl that may be the answer.

The long record

  1. 1977History

    Three independent teenage witnesses reported the creature on April 21–22, 1977; cryptozoologist Loren Coleman investigated and coined the name. The record dates it to 1977-04. A crossing with documented history gives the file real substance underneath the legend. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'Dover Demon' carry the record. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.

  2. 1977Legend recorded

    Witnesses described a 3–4 foot hairless figure with a watermelon-shaped head and glowing e

  3. 1977First reported

    Witnesses described a 3–4 foot hairless figure with a watermelon-shaped head and glowing e

The record of claims

Witnesses described a 3–4 foot hairless figure with a watermelon-shaped head and glowing eyes—drawings made independently matched closely. Witnesses name it Dover Demon; the name travels further than the proof. Roadside lore attaches to crossings, and Dover Demon site in Dover, Massachusetts is exactly the kind of crossing that collects it. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Cryptid or not, the report made the map — which is its own kind of existence.

WikipediaFirst reported: 1977-04
Documented legend

Witnesses described a 3–4 foot hairless figure with a watermelon-shaped head and glowing eyes—drawings made independently matched closely. Reports in the file date to 1977-04. Every road has its ghost story; Dover Demon site in Dover, Massachusetts is the one the file actually recorded. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The account appears in 'Dover Demon'. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.

Alleged entities

Dover Demonidentity unresearched

Witnesses described a 3–4 foot hairless figure with a watermelon-shaped head and glowing eyes—drawings made independently matched closely. The file calls it Dover Demon. Reports in the file date to 1977-04. Roadside lore attaches to crossings, and Dover Demon site in Dover, Massachusetts is exactly the kind of crossing that collects it. The account appears in 'Dover Demon'. The lore has a face now: Dover Demon.

Documented history

  • Three independent teenage witnesses reported the creature on April 21–22, 1977; cryptozoologist Loren Coleman investigated and coined the name. The record dates it to 1977-04. A crossing with documented history gives the file real substance underneath the legend. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'Dover Demon' carry the record. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.

    1977-04Verified historyWikipedia

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

New record from encyclopedia/official-source pass; VERIFY task auto-queued for primary-source corroboration.

"Dover Demon site." HauntHunt dossier 2142, https://haunthunt.com/place/dover-demon-site-dover-massachusetts/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

Same signal — cryptid sighting

Within ~50 miles

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