# The terrifying hatchet man in the bunny suit - Did this originate in Maryland or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 6, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terrifying-hatchet-man-in-the-bunny-suit-did-this-originate-in-maryland-or-not/556282 "2010-10-06T19:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terrifying-hatchet-man-in-the-bunny-suit-did-this-originate-in-maryland-or-not/556282/1 "2010-10-06T19:40:04Z")
In my mid teens in the early to mid 70’s Montgomery County MD, there were often hair raising stories bandied about that a man in a rabbit suit wielding an ax was menacing local teenagers necking in cars. Now [I see this](http://www.aolnews.com/article/behind-the-screams-the-weird-world-of-haunted-house-operators/19657747) and wonder if was a more widely spread meme. Did you have bunny man with an ax in your neck of the woods? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terrifying-hatchet-man-in-the-bunny-suit-did-this-originate-in-maryland-or-not/556282/2 "2010-10-06T19:51:40Z")
Mid teens in the late 70’s in Anne Arundel County, MD. Never heard of this. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terrifying-hatchet-man-in-the-bunny-suit-did-this-originate-in-maryland-or-not/556282/3 "2010-10-06T19:59:41Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Did you have bunny man with an ax in your neck of the woods? No, we played it safe and _bought_ our liquor at the liquor store. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terrifying-hatchet-man-in-the-bunny-suit-did-this-originate-in-maryland-or-not/556282/4 "2010-10-06T20:01:18Z")
Nope, just the standard guy with a hook for a hand. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terrifying-hatchet-man-in-the-bunny-suit-did-this-originate-in-maryland-or-not/556282/5 "2010-10-06T20:20:57Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Nope, just the standard guy with a hook for a hand. Yeah we had the guy with the hook and another guy with the “striped sweater”. Interestingly, this pre-dates _Nightmare on Elm Street_ by at least five years, if not more. But I swear the guy was described as wearing a green and red striped sweater (a drove a white four door sedan). I found a similar warning in my mailbox late 1980s, in a totally different town. Sme sweater and car. The guy gets around. No Easter Bunny murderer though. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terrifying-hatchet-man-in-the-bunny-suit-did-this-originate-in-maryland-or-not/556282/6 "2010-10-06T20:21:49Z")
> **[Bunny Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man)** > > .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,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}38°47′23″N 77°21′44″W / 38.78985°N 77.36225°W / 38.78985; -77.36225 > The Bunny Man is an urban legend that originated from two incidents in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 1970, but has been spread througho... ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terrifying-hatchet-man-in-the-bunny-suit-did-this-originate-in-maryland-or-not/556282/7 "2010-10-06T20:31:12Z")
Grew up in Northern Virginia. We had a bunny man. Escaped from the insane asylum. Lived in the woods. Killed kids who stayed out past curfew. 🙂 Thanks for the wiki article… I grew up in Fairfax. Close to Clifton. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terrifying-hatchet-man-in-the-bunny-suit-did-this-originate-in-maryland-or-not/556282/8 "2010-10-06T21:48:49Z")
[Frank from Donnie Darko?](http://mapsoftheproblematic.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/teacher-with-rabbit-phobia-sues-14-year-old-for-drawing-rabbit/)