This site is known to many as Bunny Man Bridge and is located in Fairfax, Virginia. For decades, it has been the location of an alleged haunting, thus alarming many locals and spreading the legend throughout Northern Virginia, Washington D.C., and the surrounding areas.
The exact origins of Bunny Man Bridge have circulated throughout many years and details have evolved but all versions mention a post Civil War insane asylum prison in Clifton, Virginia. Eventually due to public outrage the institution was shut down and residents were put on buses to be moved to Lorton Prison. During the transfer one of the fifteen buses crashed leading ten patients to escape and hide in the woods. All of the patients were quickly located except one a man, Douglas Griffen. As local authorities searched for Griffen they found a trail littered with mutilated rabbit carcasses that lead deep into the woods and through a tunnel bridge. It is at this point the details of the story diverges, some report Douglas Griffen hung himself while others claim he was hit by an oncoming train. To this day it is believed that if you walk through the tunnel at just the right time the Bunny Man will attack you, leaving you with the same fate as the bunnies.
Over the years strange phenomena has occurred involving the Bunny Man Bridge. Starting in 1943 when three teenagers, two boys and one girl, were found hanging after spending Halloween night under the bridge. The story reappears in the 1970's when a couple separate witnesses reported seeing a man dressed as a bunny, yelling at crossing civilians, calling them trespassers. One witness claims the Bunny Man threw hatchet onto his car breaking the front window. Reports like these made it into the 1970's Washington Post and the 1973 version of the University of Maryland's student class newspaper. The most recent event involving the Bunny Man happened in 2001; when after hearing the tale, six local students and a guide, ventured into the woods in search of the Bunny Man. The group reported finding mutilated parts of bunnies and were prompted to quickly leave when they heard rustling noises and noticed figures moving around them.
So if you're ever near Bunny Man Bridge, think twice before crossing... Some bunnies are friendlier than others.
We hope you have a faBOOlous Halloween!
-The Boo Review Crew
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