Martin S. Kottmeyer
When experienced investigators examine cases involving mysterious monsters, they often find that there is a simple explanation: Witnesses have simply mistaken something ordinary for something extraordinary. A trick of light and shadows makes one thing look like something else. A misjudgment of distance makes something appear to be gigantic when it really is not. Was the Dover Demon such a case"
The Dover Demon is a puzzling creature that appeared in only one place-Dover, Massachusetts-during one weekend in 1977, but it remains a part of the area's mysterious lore. The Dover Demon was reported by credible witnesses to be a big—headed, red—eyed beast of unfamiliar form. The witnesses were sure they had seen a monster, but had they? Martin S. Kottmeyer thinks they may have seen something much more ordinary: a baby moose. In the following article, he examines the witnesses' accounts to see if they could.....
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