The Dover Demon

Region: Greater North America
Location:Dover, Massachusetts (1977 sightings)

The Dover Demon is a purely modern American cryptid, rooted in a concentrated 24-hour wave of sightings in April 1977. Three separate teenagers reported seeing a small, pale creature near roads and stone walls in Dover. Descriptions were consistent: a hairless, peach-colored or grayish humanoid with a bulbous head, large glowing eyes (often described as orange), long thin limbs, and hands that clung to rocks with unusual flexibility. The creature was about three to four feet tall and moved awkwardly, almost as if unfamiliar with the terrain.
  Investigators noted that the descriptions did **not** match any known Indigenous folklore of the area, nor any existing cryptid tradition. This makes the Dover Demon unusual — it’s not a revived myth but something that entered folklore fully formed in the 20th century. The creature was silent, showed no aggression, and disappeared quickly. Those who saw it described an overwhelming feeling of strangeness rather than fear — a “wrongness,” as if encountering something out of place.
  Over time, the Dover Demon became part of modern cryptozoology, often linked to UFO lore, interdimensional hypotheses, or experimental animals. But with no sightings before or after that single cluster, it remains a minimal but iconic cryptid. Its staying power comes from the specificity of the witnesses and the mystery of a creature that appeared briefly and left no explanation behind.

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