The Bunny Man
A Virginia railway underpass is tied to a man in a rabbit costume who threatened people with an axe in 1970.
What was reported
In October 1970, two separate reports in Fairfax County, Virginia, described a man in a white rabbit suit. In one, he shouted at a couple in a parked car and threw a hatchet through the window; days later, he was seen hacking at a porch post with an axe. Police investigated but never found him.
Over the years the story grew into the legend of the Bunny Man Bridge, a railway underpass near Clifton, where he's said to appear on Halloween, and crowds now gather there every October.
Explanations offered
The 1970 reports were real, according to research by the Fairfax County librarian Brian Conley, but no one was hurt and the man was never identified. Later additions, such as escaped asylum patients, have no basis in the records.
- When
- October 1970
- Where
- Clifton, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
- Witnesses
- Two couples, and Fairfax County police
- Status
- Urban legend
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