The Bunny Man

[Nadal]

THE CLIFTON BUNNY MAN

The tale of the Bunny Man goes back many many years. Originally it didn't start until 1931, after many murders had already been committed. For verification of the story, you can visit the "Old Clifton Library" located in Clifton, Northern Virginia, USA. What I am about to tell you is entirely true, although I've never seen the Bunny Man, everyone in Clifton believes it to be true.

(Quick reference to help you understand the story)

The Bridge has a 1 lane car road passing underneath a dual railroad track above it within the woods along a gravel road.

Back in 1903 deep in Clifton, there used to be an Asylum buried deep within the wilderness of Clifton. Pretty soon after the civil war people started inhabiting the area, population-wise around 300 or so. It was a very small town. Nonetheless people didn't like the idea about having an Asylum miles down the road, so they all got together and signed a petition stating for the Asylum to relocate elsewhere. The petition passed and anew Asylum was built which is now known as "Lorton Prison", a temporary facility until convicts are appropriately sentenced.

In Fall of 1904 the convicts were gathered and piled into the bus which was to transport them to Lorton. Somehow during the drive not too far from where they left, the driver had swerved to avoid something and the bus had started to tip and soon was rolling in a terrible collision course.

Most of the convicts were injured but had managed to escape the bus and had fled into the night woods. Later on the next morning a local police investigation had begun, and they had begun rounding up the escaped convicts. Hours turned into days, days into weeks, weeks into months. Every one was recovered after 4 months, except for 2 people, Marcus A. Wallster and Douglas J. Grifon. During the search for both men the police randomly found dead rabbits half eaten and dismembered every now and then along their search.

Finally they were to find Marcus dead himself by the Fairfax station Bridge (now known as Bunny Man's Bridge). In his hand he held a man-made hammer/knife like tool, made with a sharp rock and a pretty sturdy branch as a handle. They thought nothing and cared not of how he died, only that he was apprehended and no longer had to worry about him.

They had a name for Marcus, but later on they would realize they had named the wrong person the Bunny Man.

Still searching for Douglas, they kept on finding dead half-eaten bunny's every-so-often while the search went on. Finally they were to name Douglas the Bunny Man from then on.

3 Months passed by and the police had given up their search in April 7th 1905. Everybody assumed the Bunny Man was dead by now, if not gone, so they went on with their small town lives. Come October people started seeing dead bunny's reappearing out of the blue, and starting to fear the unseen.

Halloween Night came around, and as usual a bunch of kids had gone over to the Bridge that night to drink and do whatever kids their age in the 1900's did. Midnight came around within minutes and most of the kids had left, only 3 of them remained at the bridge.

Right at Midnight supposedly a bright light back from within the Bridge, where the kids were and less than a couple seconds later they were all dead. Throats slashed with that same type of tool that was found by the other Escapee Marcus. Not only were there throats slashed, but all up and down their chest's were a long slashes gutting them. To top it off the Bunny Man hung both of the guys from one end of a bridge with a rope around their neck, hanging from the overpass with their legs dangling in front of the pass of cars.

The woman were hung the same way, on the other side of the bridge. This happened on Halloween in 1905. After that, they didn't see or heard anything from him for another year.

Halloween 1906 was approaching and parents as well as the teens in Clifton still remember the incident that had occurred one year ago at the bridge, his bridge, Bunny Man's Bridge.

That night 7 teens were left remaining right before midnight at the bridge. Thinking little of it, six remained inside the bridge while 1, Adrian Hatala had remained a good distance from the bridge hoping to have enough time to escape if the same thing happened again. At midnight she witnessed only this, a dim light walking the railroad track right before midnight, stopping right above the bridge at midnight, then disappearing at the same as a bright flash was inside the bridge. She heard the deafening sounds of horrific screams coming from inside the bridge that lasted only seconds. 5 seconds later, they were all hung from the edge of the bridge, same style as the corpses a year earlier.

Horrified she ran home, she didn't tell of everything she saw, just spattered words here and there that some of the folk put together to come up with her story. No one understood it, or even believed her. They charged her with the murderer, and locked her up in the Asylum of Lorton. In 1913 the same thing happened with 9 teenagers this time, Halloween night again.

Adrian was still locked up. They dropped her sentence, but it was too late. The insanity had finally conquered her. Even if she was released, she was too far gone to have a decent life, so she spent her remaining years in the Asylum until she finally died in 1953 of shock.

No one knows what exactly she died in shock from, but supposedly she had died in her dreams, dreaming of that one dreaded night. Perhaps the Bunny Man had finally gotten to her.

More murders were to take place however, although after the murders in 1913 most people stayed clear of the bridge on Halloween. 1943 rolls around, and 6 teenagers go strolling out on Halloween night. A couple hours later, all of them dead, same way as all the others. Investigations took place, but as usual nothing was discovered.

1976 the same situation occurs, this time with only 3 people.

The only other incident that occurred since then was in 1987, twelve years ago. Janet Charletier was enjoying the night with her 4 friends. Halloween night had finally come and they had gone driving out to enjoy the night after invading the children's candy bags. They had settled around 11 at the bridge, waiting for midnight to come. They didn't believe in the myth so they decided to see it for themselves and were bound to be the only ones who actually withstood the Bunny Man. They had waited around 55 minutes or so, almost at midnight, until Janet started getting a little scared. They all had been pulling pranks on each other, (jumping out the bushes and screaming), so she was already a little worked up. Midnight hits, while she is completely freaked out. She's almost out of the bridge when the lights get really bright inside the bridge. When that happens her body is halfway outside of the bridge. She see's her skin start tearing at her chest but nothing is piercing her skin. She manages finally to exits the bridge. Completely horrified she hits a hanging body and knocks herself out. When she awakes she finds out her hair has turned white and she has been bleeding. She was lucky that the cut had just started, and wasn't very bad at all. She left and never returned to the bridge again.

She has been seen sitting on a swinging bench on her balcony every morning just staring in the direction towards the bridge a couple of miles down.

To this day, you can still find her on that bench every morning. From then on the story dwells untouched, and unmoved.

Halloween night, you will find a bunch of people hanging around the bridge, drinking, smoking up, but within minutes of midnight, everyone leaves. It's been like that for the past 5 years that I have visited the bridge on Halloween night. Even if its not Halloween night, any night you go there, you feel the presence of death awaiting, awaiting the night sky of Halloween yearning for more blood to be spilt in the name, in his name, Bunny Man.

O.k, so there's the tale. Here's the short myth. Halloween Night comes around. Nothing happens until midnight. Right before midnight supposedly a bunny or two enters the bridge. Right before midnight his soul (a dim light) walks the tracks above the bridge. When Midnight hits, his soul stops right above the bridge (dead center), and disappears, only to reappear inside the bridge. From then on it's his soul which lights up the whole area, so brightly that you can't even see him. That's when he instantly kills you by slitting your throat and slashing your chest, only to hang you at the edge of the bridge. You can even see the rub marks that have worn away at the rock where the body's were swinging. Who ever is inside the bridge ends up dead.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and remember, everything except for the actual myth has been in Clifton's records since the date it happened. The Old Clifton library still stands, containing those records on Microfish (however you spell it). I have looked it up myself, and its still a mystery.

[Welsh Shaun]

Interesting read especially as it is well documented. gets you thinking.

Surprised that a movie has not been made of it?

[Fluffybunny]

Bunnies are cute and fluffy...not murderers....

I was framed I tells ya...FRAMED!

[Nadal]

Yea....someone made a thread of this earlier in the year but I'm just making another to help get some more views to our newer members.

[Jeenuh]

sounds spooky, I very much doubt it still happens. I also doubt that his "spirit lights up the tunnel". He was probably psycotic and using spotlights, maybe he was a hunter in the area and not technically one of the escaped convicts, or maybe a group of crazy imbreeds like in wrong turn. :X

[user26071]

I remember this! I saw it on TV once!!! Someone I think saw a strange glowing orange spider like thing in the tunnel once too. o_o;

...matter of fact...if I recall there was a photo of it too...

Edited November 14, 2005 by Kacen

[Lord Umbarger]

Wasn't this story on MTV or Nicklodion right before Halloween 2004? I'm not out to discredit the story or anything, just wondering where I saw it. I remember because when my girlfriend heard the name she laughed her *ss off!

Maybe someone should set up a camera there on Halloween night 2006 and let it run from around 2300 hours until... just to see if it records anything.

Seeing is believing, right?

[user26071]

Seeing is believing, right?

History has shown that thats not always the case.

[boofy]

wow thats funny, nadal wrote that the info he states is available at the clifton library. well for anyone who cares to know the truth, THERE IS NOT A CLIFTON LIBRARY, AND NEVER HAS BEEN ONE. that statement is false there never was a clifton library. also after extensive research, there are only two documented incidents involving the bunnyman. neither of these incidents involved homicide, both incidents were a week apart and in the 70s. the first a guy in a bunny suit throws a hatchet threw a window of a youing couples car, and then about a week later,he chopped a house colum with a hatchet, thats it. i challenge anyone to find some other RECORD of actual events or murders involving the bunny man. i have researched this topic on and off for years and that is all ive found. not to burst annyones bubble sorry.

[boofy]

o yeah i also forgot, there never was a mental hospital or anything of the sort in that area, also the jail that the prisoners were being moved to wasnt built until 1910. if you read the "stories" it says that this happen in 1903 before the jail exsisted.

[boofy]

someone mentioned setting up a camera. well, this area is monitered 24 hours a day by police there are cameras out there and even if someone isnt watching the screen everything is recorded and saved. if you go to the site, you will see the signs and the cameras.

[Nadal]

Took you gents long enough...though I knew the whole time with "The Bunnyman, Unmasked" Also, no, it's not monitored...that was a rumor too...there's not power for miles there. Though, I realy hate it when people debunk my threads and ruin the scare for everyone else, really annoys me.

Edited November 15, 2005 by Nadal

[boofy]

there is power in the area and there are cameras it is even posted!!! put a call in to local authorities they will confirm there are cameras. i think the signs give it away.

[boofy]

was "the bunnyman unmasked" on a tv show? im not sure what that is..ive never caught any of the segments that have aired about it. and i didnt mean to be rude when posting that its not true. no offense. it really is a good story. i often wonder about the story. you told it very well and detailed. i have heard that exact same story tho. you told it very well. i tried to find out where it originated, i mean i know it started probaby from thoae 2 police reports but i mean the story, who took the time to make all those dates and names up. the story is good and believeable...its so detailed! very creative. the story probaby has changed alot since the begining, but the names are what gets me.. who are they? real people maybe but they didnt get killed by the bunnyman..good legend tho. didnt mean to ruin it.

[KAOSInc]

didnt mean to ruin it.

Someone had to! It was you or somebody else!

Good Myth though!

Edited November 15, 2005 by KAOSInc

[Great Big Sea]

Creepy story. Still I wouldn't want to go near or inside the bridge.

[Nadal]

It was unmasked in a report which you can research and lok up at google named: The Bunnyman:Unmasked. Which tells how their couldn't of been such a story to real exist or has their ever been an asylum or library in Clifton.

[CharmedFan3]

Does anyone know what the heck Bunnyman is, I just heard it on TV and i was wondering what it is!!

[BurnSide]

Bunnyman?

Bunnyman.

[CharmedFan3]

Ha ha ha ha ha that is funny!!

[BigDaddy_GFS]

I thought the Bunnyman was Hugh Hefner.....

Does he qualify as a cryptid????

Edited December 16, 2005 by BigDaddy_GFS

[BigDaddy_GFS]

Here's another possibility....

http://groups.msn.com/marylandtheoldsupern...d/bunnyman.msnw

Date: July 22, 2001

Location: South of Fairfax Virginia

Team Members: Josh, Toni, Paul, & Cayte

Subject: Bunnyman, an Urban Legend about an axe wielding lunatic with a reputation for chopping up small children.

Background: The Legend of Bunnyman has taken many shapes and forms. The most popular stories about Bunnyman’s origin all have the common basis of an escaped lunatic (from a nearby late 1800’s Virginia asylum) who took refuge in the wooded area near what today has become known as Bunnyman’s Bridge. It was said he gained the nickname Bunnyman because he nourished himself on rabbits (and the discarded carcasses were often found.. and in some versions of the story were used to track him down) other variations claim that he hunted rabbits and used their pelts to make clothing for himself.

Most of the stories end with Bunnyman hacking up some local kids w/ an axe or similar hand made tool. Local police find the children hanging near the bridge and a pursuit of Bunnyman either ends with Bunnyman throwing himself in front of an oncoming train or escaping into the back woods where it is generally believed that either he or his spirit still haunts or hunts to this day.

Edited December 16, 2005 by BigDaddy_GFS

[Red-eye Dragoon]

Heres a link to a Bunnyman article: Clifton Bunny Man

Also a link to another bunnyman thread: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...showtopic=55153

[BurnSide]

Thanks Red-eye. Merged.

[thetruthishere]

great story. very interesting..i myself live i virginia, but had never heard of this story, and quit frightening. will have to do research on it.