Beware the Bunny Man!
by admin on Apr.04, 2010, under Uncategorized
It’s difficult to conceive of any monsters that might be affiliated with Easter, unless we consider Virginia’s bizarre Bunny Man. Most likely it is an urban legend that may have sprung out of some inexplicable encounters with a mysterious being. Irregardless, it is a legend worth repeating. Just west of Washington DC lies the tiny, little hamlet of Fairfax Station. Teenagers from the area are familiar with rumors of a diabolical being that belongs in a category all its own. According to local historians, during October of 1970, there were several people near wooded areas who, encountered an ax wielding fiend; a man dressed in a bunny suit no less! The attacks made the local newspapers and eventually a story surfaced about an escaped mental patient who had murdered his entire family on Easter. Soon after, the bodies of skinned rabbits began to appear around the area, left conspicuously hanging on fences. There is even an old stone, railroad bridge that local teens dare to brave around Halloween. Allegedly, this is the primary haunt of the Bunny Man and he has been known to jump on the roofs of unsuspecting cars as they pass underneath. I suppose the only connection between Bunny Man and cryptozoology is that the general area has produced occassional Bigfoot reports, and the nearby town of Bowie, Maryland has a similar legend about a shaggy Goat Man. The relationships are ambiguous, unless we consider that Bigfoot creatures are often associated with various anthropomorphic bogeymen in urban legends all over North America. But, for now at least, we must leave the Bunny Man in that fringe region known as the goblin universe.
April 5th, 2010 on 8:35 am
I’ve done a bit of work on reading up on the various animal-men of Maryland urban legendry. The relationship between Bunnyman and Goatman is a strange one. At some point, the stories of Bunnyman made the leap (no lagomorph-themed puns intended!) to Prince Georges County and have alot of overlap with the Goatman stories. Both involve similar bits of axe-wielding, and I’ve heard some claiming that what they call Bunnyman appears as a satyr – like Goatman. Throw in the stories of Boaman up the road from Bowie and of Pigwoman and Cowman elsewhere in the state, and you have a veritable barnyard of axe-armed maniacs!
April 6th, 2010 on 12:26 pm
Excellent thoughts as always Andrew! Here in San Antonio there is a famous legend about the Donkey Lady. The U.S. in fact seems like a veritable Island of Dr. Moreau!
April 21st, 2010 on 6:11 pm
well the stories of the bunnyman have lept to culpeper!!!some say his last visit was in culpeper in 2001,the last sighting. kell,skylar,and i are planning to visit at bunnyman bridge,at 12:00 at night,secretly in the middle of a “sleepover”.kell’s father is near the bridge,and during the weekends kell plays ontop of the bridge-but in the daytime.her father said he was at a party with 2 close friends and the 2 died.i havreseard plentiful,and learned he was 20 in 1970,so now he is 60.please tell us what you think of plan,~kell,skylar,and cierra
April 27th, 2010 on 3:19 pm
admin please tell us what you think
April 27th, 2010 on 8:16 pm
I would say… be careful, because we never know exactly what we are dealing with regarding these types of beings. That being said, I always try to conduct my investigations during a full moon and make sure I have a good camera with night vision and a spotlight. Please be careful… and good luck!
April 28th, 2010 on 2:18 pm
we will try,they say stay away at 12:00,but thats is when were going.it is a scary thing,but i WILL find proof,and then report back.