Dover Demon: Slow Loris in Massachusetts?
Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 26th, 2009
This is one of the cryptofactiod portions of Animal Planet’s “Lost Tapes” program.
Just for the record, I don’t buy the slow loris speculation, but there is no denying that it is a new notion. However, it probably shall quickly go in the dustbin of cryptohistory, along with the rejected “newborn foal” and “demon moose” ideas.
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This makes me wonder how many of the reports of strange looking eyes are nothing more than normal animals with lights shining in their eyes. I know our golden retriever’s eyes shine with a very bright golden color when hit by a light at night. Most people, especially those who don’t pay much attention to things at night, would probably tend to fixate on her eye color and not see the rather ordinary dog behind them. Though I have to admit that even to me her eyes look more than a little spooky.
While I can’t, usually, identify an animal by the color of its eyes at night I have learned that usually if the eyes are yellowish in color it is probably some sort of predator/carnivore, while a reddish color will be some sort of prey animal/herbivore. I doubt if this is a cut and dried rule but it has worked out to usually be true with the animals I’ve seen. On the other hand if I should see some eyes that extremely big, no matter what the color, I’m not going to try and get a closer look.
I strongly disagree with the “LORI’S” hypothesis for the indentification of the “DOVER DEMON!”
SLOW LORI’S and are no where near the size of the animal (i.e. “small boy”or “the size of an
average dog) as described by BILL BARTLETT and the other two confirming witnesses.
The LORI is also “FURRY” and does not have skin like “WET SANDPAPER'” as per BARTLETT.
The head of a LORI is also not largely out of proportion as in the description of the DEMON!