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The Bunny Man
Bridge
After the civil war
Fairfax County, Virginia became more populated and eventually an
insane asylum was built there. No one wanted to live near the asylum
and because of the public outrage the institution was shut down.
The administration
transferred the patients and in 1904 the process was completed.
During the transfer, some of the patients escaped and hid in the
surrounding woods and forest. These individuals were lost,
delusional and dangerous. Most of them were found except Marcus Lawster and Douglas Griffen. The local authorities found a trail
they believed belonged to them, littered with half eaten mutilated
bunnies.
The trail led deep into
the woods to a tunnel bridge crossing a wide creek. There they found
Marcus hanging from the tunnel entrance. There was a note attached
to his foot that said, "You'll never find me no matter how hard you
try! Signed, The Bunny Man." That tunnel has been called Bunny Man
Bridge ever since.
The legend says that if
you walk all the way down the tunnel at around midnight the Bunny
Man will grab you and hang you from the entrance of the bridge.
Strange deaths and
phenomena has been connected with the Bunny Man Bridge. There was a
young man from Clifton, Virginia who came upon the Bridge while
traveling. Later, he killed his parents and dragged their bodies
into the woods to hang them from the bridge and then killed himself.
In 1943, three teenagers, two men and a young woman, were at the
bunny man bridge for Halloween night. The three youths were found
dead, hung from the bridge with their bodies slashed open. All with
notes attached to their feet saying the same thing," You'll never
catch the Bunny Man!"
In 2001, after hearing
the tale, six local students and a guide searched the area. They
found mutilated bunny parts during their search and left the forest
after they heard noises and saw figures moving around in the woods.
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