Talk:Dover Demon

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A theory proposed by the posters on cryptozoology.com (it may not be there anymore) suggested that the Dover Demon might have been a opossum suffering from frost bite. Apparently their ears and tails are prone to being lost to frost bite, giving them an unusual look. Has anyone else heard this theory?

Well seems to me to answer the description of a frilled neck lizard seen at night. Why a frilled neck lizard was running around Dover don't ask me. Pool god 14:42, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Frost bite would be difficult in late April, even in Massachusetts it rarely gets that cold even at night. I read in one of the links that 1977 was such an active year for "alien/UFO" sitings. Coincidentally that was the year "Close Enounters of the Third Kind" was released. The some of the aliens in that movie are similar to the Dover Demon.

[edit] Questions of Credibility

The claim that '[...] no creature created in a work of science fiction was ever found that met the description of the Dover Demon.' seems to be patently false, as 'grey' type aliens were an increasingly common theme at the time - as is mentioned, 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (released in November of the same year) bears more than a few similarities. So I've removed it pending a citation to back up the claim. SchmittVanDean 14:47, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe it was just some short, skinny, messed up naked dude.

[edit] Haydeb=n Planetarium

The words 'Hayden Planetarium' redirect to one in New york City, when he was the assisstant director for the onw in Boston. geowhiz1010 22:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)