The frightening events known as the Dover Demon encounters began at
10:30 p.m. on April 21, 1977, in Dover. Three seventeen year olds
were driving along, when one of them, Bill Bartlett, spotted
"something" slinking next to a wall of stones on the west side of
Farm Street. The thing turned it's head and looked directly into
the headlights of the car. Bartlett swore he saw two large, shiny
eyes glowing brightly "like orange marbles." Its large oval head,
which was easily as large as the rest of it's body sat atop a
spindly neck. The body was lanky and long limbed and had large
hands and feet. The skin was hairless and seemed to have a rough
texture, not unlike sandpaper. It was less than four feet tall, and
seemed surprised by the cars head lights as it made its way next to
the wall. None of the others in the car saw the creature, which was
only visible for a few seconds. They did testify later that their
companion seemed genuinely distraught. When Bartlett arrived home
his father noted how distressed he was. Bartlett then drew a sketch
of the being.
At approximately 12:30 a.m. John Baxter, aged fifteen, was
walking home from his girlfriends house when he noticed a short
figure walking toward him. Baxter thought it was a small friend of
his, and called out this friends name, but he received no answer.
As they neared one another the creature stopped, and so did Baxter,
who then decided to get a better look and began once again to
approach the creature. This sent the being running down a shallow
gully and up the opposite bank. At the bottom of the slope he
looked more closely at it. It looked unlike anything he had ever
seen or heard of before in his young life. It stood in shadows
about thirty feet away, its feet "molded" around some rocks upon
which it was perched, a few feet from a tree. Both hands were
wrapped around the trunk of the tree with very long fingers. He
left the scene after that, and his description of the entity was
exactly the same as Bartlett's.
The following evening, eighteen year old Will Taintor was
driving fifteen year old Abby Brabham home, when Brabham said she
spotted something in the vehicles headlights. On the left side of
Springdale Avenue, just a short distance from the cache location,
was a creature, with no hair and down on all fours, facing the
vehicle. Its body was thin and monkeylike, and she also described a
large, oversized oval head. She did say the eyes glowed green, and
stuck to that point even when she was informed that Bartlett had
said the eyes were orange. Taintor said he had only gotten a short
glimpse.
Keep your eyes open while looking for this cache. You never
know, you just might spot the Dover Demon.
The cache container is a rectangular camoed lock 'n lock. There
is a mini FTF certificate along with a golden dollar.
Please make sure the cache is covered before you leave.