The Dover Demon: Massachusetts' Most Enigmatic Cryptid Encounter

Strange creature with glowing orange eyes and spindly limbs terrorized Dover, Massachusetts teens over two nights in April 1977.

Between April 21-22, 1977, multiple civilian witnesses reported encounters with an unidentified bipedal entity in Dover, Massachusetts. The entity was consistently described as approximately four feet in height with distinctive cranial features and luminescent ocular organs. No physical evidence was recovered. Local law enforcement conducted preliminary investigations but found no corroborating evidence. Case filed under unexplained phenomena pending further developments. No federal resources were allocated to this investigation.

Bill Bartlett's Original Sketch

The most compelling piece of evidence remains the detailed drawing created by Bill Bartlett immediately after his encounter on April 21, 1977. Drawn while the memory was fresh, the sketch depicts a creature with a large, bulbous head, thin neck, and spindly limbs wrapped around a stone wall. The precision of anatomical details, including the positioning of joints and the creature's posture, suggests either genuine observation or sophisticated artistic fabrication. What makes this sketch particularly intriguing is its consistency with later witness descriptions provided independently by other teenagers. The drawing served as a template against which subsequent sightings were measured, yet no witness had seen Bartlett's sketch before providing their own accounts. Could a 17-year-old have created such a convincing piece of cryptozoological evidence as part of an elaborate hoax, or does this sketch represent humanity's first artistic documentation of an unknown species?

Source: Bill Bartlett • April 1977

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