A 1970s sighting of a spooky creature put Dover, Massachusetts on the map internationally. Today, the legend of the Dover Demon still lives on.

"The dover demon was reported to have pale fleshy tone skin, long fingers, and bright glowing orange eyes," Dover Historical Society Board Member and Director Liz Fallon said. "The day before the sighting April 20th there was a reported UFO sighting in Medfield which is just a town over."

Over the years, Fallon herself has become a believer.

What is the Dover Demon?

On April 21 and 22 of 1977, three separate residents reported seeing a strange creature that decades later remains a mystery.

The being became known as the "Dover Demon." Over the years, it's become a phenomenon in the world of cryptozoology. Cryptozoology is the study of creatures

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