Monster Encounter in Dover

Monster in Dover

Location. Dover (Norfolk) Massachusetts
Date: April 21 1977 Time: 2230
Bill Bartlett, 17, was driving on Farm Street with two friends when he saw a creature on top of a roadside stone wall, about 20 feet away. It was between 3.5 and 4-feet tall when upright, and had a small, slender body and very large melon shaped head showing no features except two large round orange glowing eyes, its skin was “like the color of a shark,” and it had large hands and feet with digits that appeared to wrap around whatever supported them. It slowly turned its head to stare at the witness, who drove quickly away; his companions had not seen it. An artist, he made a drawing later for investigators, now widely reproduced in most sources.

Humcat 1977-20
Source: Loren Coleman, Joseph Nyman & Walter Webb Type: E

123.
Location. Dover (Norfolk) Massachusetts
Date: April 22 1977 Time: 00:30 a.m.
John Baxter, 15, was walking home his girl friend’s house along a road off Farm Street, 1.2 miles from the site of the previous encounter, when he saw a very small figure approaching him. He called out but got no response. When he was 25 ft away, the figure stopped, and then ran quickly across a gully next to the road into an adjacent field. Baxter followed several feet then stopped, frightened, and observed the figure some 30 feet away as it stood on a rock and grasped a tree trunk, staring at the boy. It somewhat resembled a monkey with a very large “figure 8 head.” Its eyes were visible as two lighter circles in the center of the head. Perturbed by the strangeness of its appearance, Baxter backed away slowly, then turns and ran to Farm Street, where a car picked him up. He drew a sketch that closely matched another witness’s.

Humcat 1977-21
Source: Loren Coleman, Joseph Nyman & Walter Webb Type: E

124.
Location. Dover (Norfolk) Massachusetts
Date: April 23 1977 Time: midnight
About midnight the next night, Will Taintor, 18, was driving Abby Brabham, 15, home and at a point 1.2 miles ENE of Baxter’s sighting they saw a small figure crouching on all fours, facing the car, in the left lane of the road. It looked like a hairless, beige colored monkey or small ape, with a very large, oblong shaped head. Two large round eyes in the center of the head glowed green in the car’s lights. No nose, ears, or tail were seen. They drove past, within 8 feet of the little creature, which Abby observed closely for about 5 seconds; her companion, driving, only glimpsed it briefly. Neither knew of the other sightings at the time.

Humcat 1977-22
Source: Loren Coleman, Joseph Nyman & Walter Webb Type: E