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Paranormal/Supernatural, Unsolved Cases, Mysteries

The Legend of the Dover Demon

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Bill Bartlett’s original sketch of the Dover Demon

BACKGROUND:

Some call it a cryptozoological creature. Others call it a humanoid. Either way, the Dover Demon is a mystery.

Dover, Massachusetts.

It was April 21, 1977. William Bartlett, 17, was driving at night and saw a strange, alien-like creature in his headlights. He described it as having “tendril-like fingers” and glowing eyes. It was walking on all fours.

John Baxter, 15, reported a similar-looking creature later that same night. Only he saw it walking upright like a person.

On April 22, 1977, Abby Brabham, 15, saw the same unusual creature. It was walking on all fours across the road. It almost looked like a monkey, she thought. It was hairless and beige in color, and it didn’t seem to have a nose, ears, or a tail.

All three teenagers drew similar sketches. From what we can tell, the unknown entity wasn’t wearing clothes, was hairless and gangly, and was almost faceless except for the glowing eyes. .

THEORIES:

It was either an owl carrying prey, a horse foal, or a moose calf.

It was a hoax from bored teenagers during school vacation.

INTERESTING FACTS:

  • The sightings were investigated by the Mutual UFO Network.
  • The three witnesses were not close friends, so the theory of the hoax doesn’t make sense.
  • There were no animal tracks found at any of the locations.

TODAY:

The Dover Demon was featured on an episode of Lost Tapes in 2009.

The creature was also featured in a few comic books – Proof, The Perhapanauts, The Pound: Ghouls Night Out, and Gunnerkrigg Court.

AUTHOR’S NOTES:

It’s actually difficult to find many details on the Dover Demon. Most reports have the same information about those first three sightings and nothing else. I’m not even able to find much on theories.

I do think it’s interesting that the sightings happened over those two nights and nothing else has been reported since.

SOURCES:

  • Wikipedia
  • WBSM
History, Mysteries, Paranormal/Supernatural

Crop Circles – Man Made or Supernatural?

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Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com

BACKGROUND:

By definition, a crop circle is a “pattern created by flattening a crop.” These circles are believed to be created over a single night, although there are speculations that some appear in the middle of the day.

Stories of crop circles date back to as early as 1678 when images were depicted in news pamphlets. It wasn’t until the early 1970s or 80s that the term “crop circle” was coined. This was by Colin Andrews, who studied crop circles and believed most were man-made. He thought any others were created by the Earth’s magnetic field.

CASES:

1686. Naturalist Robert Plot reported rings of mushrooms.

1880. Scientist John Rand Capron described several circles of flattened field crops.

1932. Archaeologist E.C. Curwin witnessed dark rings in a field.

1963. Patrick Moore spoke of a crater in a potato field.

From the 1960s on, stories and reports of crop circles have greatly increased.

HOAXES:

In 1991, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley admitted to being the pranksters behind many crop circles found throughout England. Interestingly, before their revelation, an investigator stated that there was no way one particular circle could have been man-made. When in actuality, it was. To prove they were behind the hoaxes, they created a circle in front of journalists. They claimed they were to blame for more than 200 crop circles between 1978 and 1991. Of course, that leaves more than 1,000 crop circles with unknown origins.

THEORIES:

There are many theories that are more believable. Like Colin Andrew’s theory of magnetism. Or perhaps it’s weather oriented, like from tornadoes or ball lightning. In 2009, someone from Tasmania blamed wallabies for creating the phenomena in their fields of opium poppies.

Of course, we have the popular theory that crop circles are caused by paranormal or extraterrestrial activity. Many believe the patterns are too intricate for any person or machine to create. It must be created by something not of this world.

INTERESTING FACTS:

Some scientists found differences between crops inside and outside the circles.

One would think farmers would be concerned that their crops would fall victim to the supernatural happenings, but quite the opposite occurred. Many people, farmers included, were excited and took advantage of the situation, encouraging tourists and scientists to visit their properties. Bus and helicopter tours became a thing for people to take part in.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia
The Smithsonian Magazine

History, Mysteries, Unsolved Cases

The Phoenix Lights – #unknown #phenomena #mystery

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credit to azcentral.com

In simplest definition, the Phoenix Lights were unidentified flying objects seen in the skies over Arizona, Nevada, and Sonora (Mexico).

It was later in the evening of March 13, 1997 when a man reported seeing a v-shaped object in Henderson, Nevada. He compared its size to a Boeing 747 and said it sounded like rushing wind. The object had six lights that moved from northwest to southeast.

The next known report came from a police officer in Paulden, Arizona. He described the sighting as a cluster of red-orange lights. Four lights together and a fifth one trailing behind. He continued watching the spectacle before him until the lights disappeared over the horizon.

Around this same time, reports started trinkling in from Prescott. These lights were described as being solid because they blocked out the stars. Jamie Lorenz and her nephew, Devon, were outside on the porch when they noticed the lights. They described the lights as being in a triangular shape, mostly red in color. All except for the front light which was noticeably white. They also noted that the object was flying relatively low but made no sound.

Another report was called into the National UFO Reporting Center from the same area as the Lorenz family. This read it was a v-shaped cluster of yellow-white lights moving from northwest to northeast. Then, it changed direction and headed south. This was the first report that said the lights moved out of alignment. According to the witness, three lights were together in the front with two others in the back as if they were legs. But then one of the “leg” lights joined the front three, before returning to its original spot.

The Ley family reported seeing the lights in an arc-shape, but as the lights came closer, the shape seemed to change or maybe become clearer. From an arc-shape to a v-shape, and finally a 60-degree carpenter’s square with one light at the front and two on each side.

Bill Greiner was one of the first to report the phenomena in Phoenix. He was a skeptic of UFOs and the like, but what he saw that night would forever change his opinion. The lights he saw hovered for more than two hours.

Recent News:

There were two other sightings reported in 2007 and 2008, but these were attributed to known causes *supposedly*. The first was the result of the local Air Force Base, and the second was a by a civilian. Both involved flares.

Theories:

Many believe the Phoenix lights were nothing more than an illusion to the eye. Dark skies with the illumination of airplanes.

There were two different types of sightings. The first is what Arizona residents witnessed-five lights in triangular or v-shape moving across the state. The second is what occurred in Phoenix, which was nine lights that appeared to be stationary.

Author’s Opinion:

I honestly love stories of the unknown. Because in reality, there’s so much out there that we still have no clue about-space, ocean creatures and lands, plants and animals. It’s fascinating, isn’t it?

I don’t have an answer for the Phoenix Lights, but maybe we’re not supposed to. Maybe we’re supposed to wonder and speculate and grow in our curiosity. The world is far too big for us to think we have the right to know it all. Stories like this, let’s let them be.

Sources:

wikipedia.org
phoenixnewtimes.com
azfamily.com