The recent rash of persons researching the origins of this story have been largely attracted by the spectacular nature of the alleged crime. Doug James Griffin, 49 Resides in Gilbert, AZ Lived In Chandler AZ Related To Kristen Griffin, Arlene Griffin, James Griffin, Cindy Griffin Includes Address (7) Phone (5) Email (1) See Results Doug Griffin, 85 Resides in Chicago, IL Related To Evette Griffin, Teresita Griffin, Bernard Griffin, Charles Griffin, Clinton Griffin This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. The Bunny Man was said to be responsible for the deaths of two disobedient children in the Clifton area. The story also received wide recognition after being featured on national television. TRENTON - The Catholic Diocese of Trenton has named 30 former clergymen who stand credibly accused of sexual abuse against children. I again turned to Johnson's paper for clues. Forbes claims that in 1904 inmates from an insane asylum escaped while being transferred to Lorton Prison. Investigation Report 858-748. Bennett and his fiancee were not injured. They find all inmates but one. In The Chris Gethard Show episode "Let's Get Scared", host Chris Gethard dresses as the Bunny Man for the full episode. Browse Obituaries and Death Records in Griffin, Georgia. Except Lorton wasn't built for pyschopaths, but rather as a workhouse for "less serious offenders". This material has finally come to rest in the holdings of the University of Maryland. As the two get comfortable the are shocked to see a man standing outside the car in a white costume. Fairfax Herald, Jan. 17, 1919, P.3, 25No Verdict Found. Douglas J Griffin, 64 Resides in Sunnyvale, CA Lived In Topsham ME, Flat Rock NC, Mountain View CA Related To Donna Griffin, Amber Griffin, Mason Griffin Includes Address (4) Phone (5) Email (1) See Results Douglas Devereaux Griffin, 74 Resides in Santa Fe, NM Lived In Huntington Beach CA, Danville CA, Cape Elizabeth ME Said development was extensive in 1970, too. Three Seat Pleasant children reported upon their return home from school Monday that they had just seen "this man on the street with this bunny rabbit suit on with a hatchet. So awesome to see this thread! It is a helluva good piece of creative writing, Conley says about what he thinks is the most widely known version of the storyan account that follows this narrative from Timothy Forbes on castleofspirits.com. ALOT of virginia is wilderness or small towns and despite being so close to dc this means they have shitting cell phone coverage. Douglas was apparently eating bunnies to stay alive. The cadet was in the area to attend last weekend's Air Force-Navy football game. Find Douglas Griffin's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. Although he has been reported as far south as Culpepper, Virginia. It was so much more fun (and creepy) back in the 90's, when you had to find it by word-of-mouth and the internet didn't yet have the answer to every question. To this day, its said that if you are at Bunny Man Bridge at midnight on Halloween night, you too will meet the fate of those teens and rabbits. It is possible that a young man did dress in a rabbit suit and put an ax into someone's porch post, or that another man did indeed throw an ax at a pair of trespassers while dressed as either a bunny or (more likely) in a Klan outfit. The October 22 news story is clearly the origin of the tale she told. from Cornell University, and took his M.S. Fairfax Herald, Mar. Little effort was required to show that all of the specifics given in the Forbes version are false. Sandy Rathbun, Archivist, Fairfax County Circuit Court 1A-Blast, Annandale High School, Mar. 46Telephone interview with William L. Johnson, December 5, 2001. While on the way to the police station he confessed to Eva's murder. Results 1-20 of 1,789 View Record Name Birth Date Death Date Burial or Cremation Place; To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info or Death Infoeven a guess will help. They say his maniacal laughter echoed as the train hit him. So, when someone asks you what youre going to be for Halloween, just tell them youre going to be a Bunny Man and see if they get the reference. Upon interviewing every one in this case that may have had any knowledge of any incidents concerning a white rabbit, that has been no significant information uncovered that would lead to the identity of the person or persons that were posing as a white rabbit. A man. Bunnyman Brewing in Fairfax, VA was named after the urban legend. The legend of the Bunny Man Bridge is an old Urban Legend native to Northern Virginia not far from Washington D.C. that has been told from one generatin of 7th graders to the next for years. Phillips said he walked back to his car to get to get his handgun, but the "Rabbit", carrying the long-handled ax, ran off into the woods. Third, the original event was probably criminal in nature. Children of Smith GRIFFIN and Harriet DOUGLAS were as follows: 473 i Douglas 6 Griffin [1396], born 24 Mar 1815 in Smithville, Ontario, Canada; died 1879. Scary part is that when you get near the bunnymans bridge, all cell phone signals disappear ( att & verizon & tmobiile ). View 2 Douglas Griffin ER 2002, 2004, 2008-10 Glasgow, Glasgow, G66. While Fairfax County began to look seriously at land use planning issues in the 1950s, the first countywide Comprehensive Land Use Plan was not adopted until 1975. The couple quarreled and Mrs. Holober took the child and walked away from her husband and never returned. The Bunny Man has actually begun appearing in print in recent years, having been mentioned in several high school newspapers,1 and more recently, on the Internet. By the 1980s the Bunny Man had become an even more sinister figure with several gruesome murders to his credit. After re-reading Johnson's paper several times I finally noted that she heard the tale for the first time around Halloween 1970. Alexandria Gazette, Sept. 27, 1918, P.1, 23Ruben Again in Custody. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. What happened? Often with urban legends, theres the story and theres the truth. Also known as Doug Griffin, Douglas J Griffin, J Douglas D Griffin. Newspapers accounts and oral reports can be revealing, but neither can be trusted to be completely accurate. 4.8 (135 ratings) Leave a review OrthoArizona 40601 N Gantzel Rd Ste 103 San Tan Valley, AZ 85140 Charles Holober was caught and incarcerated. However, when the police interviewed the girlfriend, she stated the man was wearing a white Klansman suit, which is long and pointy. At first I was content to dismiss the Bunny Man as completely fictitious, however I have learned that many legends do have some basis in factual events. As an Irish name, it descends from "O'Griobhtha", meaning son of the griffin. Phillips said the man was wearing a gray, black, and white bunny costume, and was about 20 years old, 5feet 8inches (1.73m) tall, and weighed about 175 pounds (79kg). The next morning, they were found hanging from the bridge, gutted like bunnies. Johnson's informants told 54 variations of the story. Nowadays, people say they see a ghost of a man wearing a bunny suit. He was holding an ax. It just went on for a couple of weeks and then it died out."35. On the way there, the bus swerved and crashed. Episode 7. 29Johnson, Patricia C. The Bunny Man (May 12, 1973). I have been to the "Bunnyman" or Colchester Overpass bridge many times when I was a teen and in my early 20s and its a great, spooky place to smoke weed and feel up on significant others (before the police or landowners chase you away, which only leads to more feeling up later on in my experience). On the edges of the bridge, there are wear marks from where all the people where hung. YouTube videos, pictures and blogs on the Internet might give the impression that it is okay to trespass on the railway or loiter in the roadway. At the urging of a fellow employee I finally began a more serious search for the Bunny Man. 36All names and identifying information have been removed. Clauda Griffin, 47. Resides in Chicago, IL. 11, 2000, B4. Or 3) The repeats were really made up because the person needed a scapegoat, or was just bored. Early life [ edit] While the legend has evolved and changed through the years, it follows these lines: In the early 20th century, deep in the woods that divided the town of Clifton from Fairfax Station, there was an asylum for the insane. Douglas Griffin Age 45 / Aug 1977 Baltimore, MD also known as Douglas Griffith has lived in Baltimore, MD Aberdeen, MD Richmond, VA 365 Fountain Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208 Henrico, VA Camden, DE Hampton, VA Douglas Griffin Age 34 / Aug 1988 View Profile Manassas, VA related to Gary Griffin, 52 Patricia Griffin, 37 Walter Griffin, 32 Betty Griffin, 38 Conley first heard the tale when he was an area youngster in the 1970s. Over 100 trains pass by every week at speeds between 50 and 75 miles per hour. Yes, a killer bunnyman. Washington Post. For Welsh, it comes from the Old Welsh "Gruffydd", meaning dragon-lord; with English, it's the High German "grifan", which means to snatch, as a dragon was thought to do. Officers later found that Grifon was institutionalized for killing his family and children on Easter Sunday. Vol. GRIFFIN Douglas Culver II, Doug, 74, husband of Donna Argue Griffin, passed away on August 27, 2015. About 5:00 p.m., just as the searchers were about to give up for the night, one of the detectives noted that the ground on which they were standing was very soft. 17No Clew Yet. This contrasts sharply with versions of the tale I collected from the 1980s which generally involved only one to three victims, usually children. The case was not to be easily solved, however, as other suspects were soon identified and eventually eliminated. All were found except one inmate, Douglas J. Grifon. The whole story seemed a little fantastic, but the thing that really bothered her was the guy was supposed to be an escaped inmate dressed in a bunny suit. She related: "I think it was last year or maybe before that. Fairfax Herald, June 16, 1950, P.1, 10Holober Sent to State Hospital. They say Bennett was visiting an uncle, who lives across the street from the spot where the car was parked. First, there has never been an asylum for the insane in Fairfax County. NOTE: FCPS Secondary Schools accommodate grades 7 through 12. Most of the stories occur around Colchester Overpass, a Southern Railway overpass spanning Colchester Road near Clifton, Virginia,[1] sometimes referred to as "Bunny Man Bridge".[2]. Douglas Joel Futuyma (born 1942, New York City) is an American biologist . and Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. Of the five mentioning vandalism, two describe "columns" being chopped. Fairfax County Police Department. March 14, 1971. It is also plainly evident that the story began to take on the features of an urban legend quite soon after the events were reported. For Patients . "29 This paper was compiled as part of the course work for a class entitled Introduction to Folklore (English 460). Douglas Cohen is known for The Universe (2007), A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day (2007) and Shootout! The 1950s saw tract housing being built in Springfield, McLean, Annandale, and Fairfax. Douglas J. Grifon Alias The Bunnyman Origin Urban legends (around 1970) Occupation Serial killer Vengeful ghost Powers / Skills Increased speed Survival skills Stealth Teleportation Weapon usage Murder skills Nigh-invulnerability Invisibility Hobby Killing people and cannibalizing their bodies (often stringing them up over the bridge). In the weeks following the incidents, more than 50 people contacted the police claiming to have seen the "Bunny Man". In conclusion, not actually crazy, just pretending. Bunnyman, Bunnyman, Bunnymansay the word Bunnyman three times and something exciting is supposed to happen at Bunnyman Bridge. Fairfax County Police Department. I used to party there all the time. The aspect of the story which gets the most attention are the alleged murders. For more than 25 years stories of the Bunny Man have been kept alive primarily amongst our teenage population. It was time to look for more trustworthy records. Malcolm L. Richardson, Volunteer, Fairfax County Public Library LOGIN Express Pay. Sometime on the morning of March 4, 1927, a man later identified as Louis Boersig called at the home on the pretext of seeing Mr. Ridgeway. So nothing particularly mysterious, just a fun story seniors tell their younger brothers and sisters. douglas.griffin@cvn68.navy.mil . 2http://www.castleofspirits.com/ghoststories/classic/clifton.html. Either a train will come barreling down the railroad track without warning or a car will come come racing around the narrow, blind curves leading to the overpass. Of course I understand I am being an asshole for being pedantic on Halloween and I do sincerely apologize - I just had to read so much on this topic and this is the first time that knowledge gained seems useful in some sense! "All you people trespass around here," Phillips said the "Rabbit" told him as he whacked eight gashes in the pole. Eliminating "run of the mill" domestic murders and concentrating on multiple murders and those involving children (both of which were mercifully rare) served to pare down a list of more than 500 possible events to the following three: It would be hard to imagine a more disturbing event for a growing community like Fairfax than the gruesome murders of 37-year-old Frances Holober and her eight-month-old daughter, June. Side bar P.31, 8Appeal in Holober Case Uncertain, Fairfax Herald, Jan. 27, 1950, P.1, 9Holober Appeal Granted. I was even further surprised to find a second appearance recorded two weeks later: The "Rabbit" Reappears34 I expected to find that the legend was spawned by an event that was strange or in some way notable, but I never suspected the Bunny Man really was a "Bunny Man." I was elated (and not a little surprised) to find the following: Man in Bunny Suit Sought in Fairfax33 Even though Fairfax County was a rural farming community until well into the 20th century there were over 550 individual mentions of killings in the study period. Perhaps it was just a person who didnt like the development in the region going on at that time. He claimed the presence of the girl's father spurred him to recant his confession. If you come any closer, I'll chop off your head."[3]. Officers later found that Grifon was institutionalized for killing his family and children on Easter Sunday. Maybe thats why the Bunnyman hasnt been found! Theres also no record of a Marcus Wallster, alive or dead. Douglashad 4 siblings: Edgar Leonard Griffinand 3 other siblings. d. Nine claim he attacked a couple parked in a car Eventually they found Grifon, and he had barely escaped due to being hit by an oncoming train. The "Bunny Man" bridge in Fairfax. Make no mistake. Many people living in Fairfax County in the 1960s and '70s were disturbed to see pastures and woods giving way to roads, subdivisions, and shopping centers. The escaped mental patient was named Douglas Griffon. Was the Bunny Man real? It could have been teenagers, but they were just parked and all. Two children were allegedly murdered by a local hermit for trespassing, and their bodies left hanging from a covered bridge. The first incident occurred on October 19th, 1970. I think the guy with the hatchett was probably jsut some weirdo that lived in the area dn though the bunny suit would be a good way to freak people out around halloween. His infrequent and widespread appearances tended to occur in secluded locations and usually tell of a figure clad in a white bunny suit armed with an ax threatening children or vandalizing property. Update Now. The first incident involved an Air Force Academy Cadet who drove his fiance down a "lover's lane" type of area. This was maybe 6-7 years ago and may be different now. https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history, Crafts and Trades in Colonial Virginia Bibliography, Researching the History of Your Fairfax County Property, https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library_newsindex/. Most passengers including the driver die. The culprits name was Douglas J Griffin. Alexandria Gazette, Sept. 20, 1918, P.1, 20To Undergo Grueling. Today, the story of the Bunny Man has overtaken the actual truth. The available newspapers record many murders, but few shocked Fairfax like the ferocious and senseless attack on Mrs. Minnie Ridgeway and her two young daughters. It took nearly a decade of research, but in 2002, he published what has to be considered the foremost paper on the subject. Then they, you know, long put theirs away and brought them back and all. Paul Phillips, a private security guard for a construction company, said he saw the "rabbit" standing on the front porch of a new, but unoccupied house. We are unable to monitor unsupervised children in the lobby area. A. Humphries (now Fort Belvoir). A constant trickle of Bunny Man questions re-engaged Conleys interest in the story. The official police report makes no mention of any pre-existing stories that this individual could have been copying. Ive been to this area as a teenager. Includes Address(4) Phone(5) Email(6) See Results. The various Internet versions have carried the story to new heights. Being forced to watch helplessly while the face of your community changes around you can elicit strange behavior in some people. A man wearing a furry rabbit suit with two long ears appeared-again--on Guinea Road in Fairfax County Thursday night, police reported, this time wielding an ax and chopping away at a roof support on a new house. As they sat in the front seat with the motor running, they noticed something moving outside the rear window. James W. Robinson Secondary45School opened the next year with nearly 3,900 students. However, the Bunny Man followed me. Third, she states that it went on for "a couple of weeks" then stopped. Fairfax Herald, Mar. Home; For Patients. Was this the Bunny Man or just copy-cats acting out stories they had heard from somewhere else? Fairfax Herald, Mar. The railroad tracks and the overpass structure are owned by Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC). James is a gay Latino traveling the world, working on projects he loves. The Fairfax County Police Department has no official record of the October 18 assault on Robert Bennett and his fianc, but they do have an Investigation Report relating to the October 29 vandalism incident. there is nothing of substance to the story and the none of the stories listed by the OP have been substantiated. On November 4, Investigator Johnson received a call from a resident of the area who informed him that her son claimed to know the identity of the "Bunny Man." On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 41Johnson, William L. Investigation Report 858-748. For the next several weeks more reports came into local PD and resulted in several articles in the Washington Post. He ran across the nearby train tracks as the train was coming and was hit and killed. Not exactly. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}384723N 772144W / 38.78985N 77.36225W / 38.78985; -77.36225. Beginning in the mid 1980s, housing developments sprung up. Location Washington Post, Nov,. 4 Virginia Room volunteers Malcolm Richardson and Barbara Welch worked for 10 years to compile a complete index to local Fairfax County newspapers. But, the worst part is yet to come. Douglas J. GriffinSANDUSKY: Douglas J. Griffin, 82, residing in Sandusky, passed away Monday morning, May 29, 2017 at Firelands Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.Douglas was born on Februa And nobody had seen it. But, is this story true or is it just an urban legend? (2005). Charles Holober later told police that they had come to see the new lodge at a nudist colony to which Mr. Holober belonged. The police set up a stake out, but the "Axe Man" never materialized. These earliest versions recount acts of vandalism (usually against secluded residential construction sites) or couples parked at secluded "Lovers Lane", type locations being accosted/threatened by a strange individual dressed in a white Bunny costume. Two things are more likely to happen than the Bunnyman showing up. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Was he trying to make an existing legend come to life? Boersig was arrested at his home and transferred to the jail in Winchester for his safety.12, Louis Boersig was executed for the murders of Loretta and Catherine Ridgeway on July 7, 1927, just three months after his horrific crime.13. He had scratches on his face and hands, was wearing freshly laundered clothes, and claimed to have no memory of the events between his leaving Camp Humphries and his capture. As mentioned earlier 14 of her tales mention a couple in a parked car being attacked, but nine of these specifically mention a hatchet being thrown into the car. Griffin is an English, Irish, and Welsh surname, with different but related origins in each case. The most widely circulated written version entitled The Clifton Bunny Man and signed by Timothy C. Forbes, Virginia, was posted on a Web site called Castle of Spirits around 1999.2 This version of the tale is actually quite notable because of the number of specific facts given. Douglas M. Griffin. Conley knows that any theory he has is pure speculation, but he thinks it could be related to an elderly mana curmudgeon, says Conleywho owned the property that the couple was supposedly trespassing on. The Fairfax County Police opened investigations into both incidents, but both were eventually closed for lack of evidence. When I began this project the aspect that puzzled me most was the bunny suit. Fairfax Herald, Jan. 28, 1938, P.1. His research focuses on the interaction between plant-eating insects and the plants themselves. Johnson began with a visit to the construction offices of the Kings Park West Subdivision on October 31. Its a public place, right? While searching for him, authorities found a trail of half-eaten, gutted bunnies with many hanging from what was then-called Fairfax Station Bridge. Peter Roy died on January 22, 1938, and was interred in Lee Chapel Cemetery next to his youngest daughter.27 Her murderer was never found. B1. Kimberly Ricci Film/TV Editor Twitter . f. Only three mentioned a murder. Charles Holober spent the night in the car and got a ride back to Washington the next day. Silly as this may sound at first, the Bunny Man has been a fixture of local legend for at least 30 years. The area is monitored and enforced in the interest of Fairfax County public safety. IMO the bridge really has nothing to do with the legend, it was just a convenient place to to put it for people spreading the legend and really its not that far away from suburbia these days, in fact it is smack dab in the middle of it. I wish to thank the following individuals for their assistance with this project: Ruth M. Alvarez, Curator of Literary Manuscripts, University of Maryland Libraries Still finding no evidence of his family, the police were finally notified.5 An intensive search of the area was organized involving Fairfax County Police, Washington Detectives, and Boy Scouts. Cumming, Douglas J. Why cant we find the Bunnyman? Douglas Cohen. Until a couple of days later, then a lot of people were saying that they had seen the bunny man. 16Untitled handwritten document, Fairfax County Circuit Court Archives. This caused the police to search the area again. To this day no one knows who the Bunny Man was or why he did what he did but the legend of his bizarre and terrifying acts lives on. It is not. "37 The officers found no rabbit and the case was turned over to Investigator W. L. Johnson of the Criminal Investigation Bureau. Even the town of Clifton has fully embraced the legend with T-shirts and a haunted Halloween attraction. [9], Norfolk Southern freight train at Colchester Overpass, Train and road traffic at Colchester Overpass. DOUGLAS J SALON - 23 Photos & 53 Reviews - 4663 Ardmore Ave, Okemos, MI - Yelp Douglas J Salon 53 reviews Claimed $$$ Nail Salons, Waxing, Hair Salons Open 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM See hours See all 23 photos Write a review Add photo Location & Hours Suggest an edit 4663 Ardmore Ave Get directions Sponsored Tropical Touch - Lansing 6.1 miles Macy's 6 They say his maniacal laughter echoed as the train hit him. Others were rumored to have disappeared, and there was talk of animals found horribly mutilated. Naybe he got picked up for another offense sometime or maybe he jsut stopped doing it once people caught on. Some patients visit the hospital for routine tests or outpatient imaging services, others to give birth, many face life threatening emergencies, and some will not leave the institution aliveso is the daily routine of a modern medical center whether in San Marcos, Texas . Douglas George Griffinwas born on month day1920, to Leonard John Griffinand Amy Agnes Griffin (born Tandy). Join Facebook to connect with Douglas Griffin and others you may know. One thing is for sure, you'll never know if you don't look. The legend has many variations; most involve a man wearing a rabbit costume who attacks people with an axe or hatchet. As usual, cool places to hang out dont last forever. And there you have one interpretation of the story. But anyway, imn my study of history I kind of became fairly trusting of Newspapers. Folktales like these evolve over time - when I heard it the Bunnyman had escaped from a prison van transporting psychopathic prisoners from Lorton prison in the early 30s. Anita M. Ramos, Library Associate, Fairfax County Public Library Conley was also able to track down the still-married couple that had the hatchet thrown at them. The baby girl had been buried alive.6, The local community was shocked and horrified by the cold brutal character of the crime, especially when the investigation identified Charles Holober as the prime suspect. "COVID-19 and entrepreneurial processes in U.S. equity crowdfunding," CFS Working Paper Series . In 1904, an asylum prison in Clifton, Virginia was shut down by a successful petition by the growing population of residents in Fairfax County. Obligatory: Redditor for one year. Lol I live about 5 minutes away from the bridge in fairfax station and i still hear rumors of this. Second, Lorton Prison didn't come into existence until 1910, and even then it was an arm of the District of Columbia Corrections system, not Virginia's. & Reardon, Robert S., 2021. Douglas J Burns Pa. Write A Review (727) 725-2553. However, these stories are far different from the original urban legend. The bunny man, the elusive figure who burled his hatchet in the windshield of an occupied car two weeks ago in Fairfax County, was reported seen at least 50 times yesterday, police said. 43The "Rabbit" Reappears. The prosecution was handled by State's Attorney C. Vernon Ford, assisted by Wilson M. Farr. Bennett turned the car around while the man screamed at them about trespassing, including: "You're on private property, and I have your tag number." His office accepts new patients and telehealth appointments. "39 Interviews with other neighborhood children had similar results. After hearing four days of testimony the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and Holober was sentenced to die in the electric chair.8 Holober's attorney, T. Brooke Howard, filed an appeal alleging that the jury failed to give proper consideration to the plea of insanity, and that the Court made errors in its instruction to the jury.9, The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals eventually overturned the conviction and ordered a new trial. While there are several variations of the urban legend splashed across the furthest reaches of the Internet, the true story of the Bunny Man may actually be even weirder. Luckily, neither of them was hurt. Two weeks later, the Bunny Man showed up again about a block away from his original sighting, according to a October 31 Washington Post article. By Brian A. Conley, Historian-Archivist Upon leaving the lodge the car became mired in some mud. Skip to main content Find a physician. She goes on to state "included in this collection is an article from the Washington Post which verifies the story as truth. e. Five accuse him of vandalism on homes or buildings Learn how your comment data is processed. Includes Address(6) Phone(2) Email(1) This went on for a while. Until the second World War Fairfax County was a rural farming community. Robinson's enrollment would top 5000 students within 10 years. 1.866.696.3847. On Thursday February 24, 1949 Mrs. Holober and her daughter drove to Fairfax County in the company of her estranged husband Charles. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. As the population increased the fears of living near an insane asylum arose and eventually a petition was signed by the populus of the county to have the inmates transferred to another facility known as the Lorton Prison. Thats what makes the tale of Fairfax Countys Bunny Man so eerie, so bizarre and so downright creepy. So a search party was sent to find all of them. I am not prepared to even hazard a guess. The Bunny Man is an urban legend that originated from two incidents in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 1970, but has been spread throughout the Washington, D.C., and Maryland areas. Related To Connie Griffin. "31 This was an important claim as I had found no primary sources to date. The first, William Wooster, age 16, was soon arrested for assaulting a "colored girl." Less than two weeks ago a man wearing what was described as a rabbit suit accused two persons in a parked car of trespassing and heaved a hatchet through a closed window of the car at 5400 Guinea Rd. 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