The Bunny Man
On the night of 19 October 1970, an Air Force cadet and his fiancée parked near a field in Fairfax County, Virginia. A figure in a white suit with long rabbit ears approached and threw a hatchet through the window. Two weeks later a security guard found a man in a full rabbit costume chopping at a porch post with an axe. Both incidents were reported to police. Both were filed. The legend that grew from them was considerably larger.
The incidents
October and November 1970, Fairfax County, Virginia.
Police records
Two genuine reports, both taken by Officer James Holcomb.
The location
Colchester Overpass, locally known as Bunny Man Bridge.
The legend version
An escaped inmate in a costume who hangs victims from the bridge.
The reality
No asylum existed nearby. No escape records match the story.
"A man in a white suit with long rabbit ears struck the window and said you are on private property and I have your tag number.
"Fairfax County Police report · October 1970
Researcher Brian Conley spent years tracing the legend. He found the original police reports but could never identify the man in the costume.
The version told by teenagers today involves mass murder and a ghost. Neither element appears in any verifiable source. The bridge is real. The asylum is not.