A Father Photographed It in the Woods. Then It Wrote Back.

For years, people in a Swiss village kept seeing the same stranger in the woods. Then somebody got a photograph—and the story took a turn nobody expected. Across the Atlantic, strange encounters in a small Massachusetts town left another question that still hasn't gone away. 0:00 Two mysteries in the woods 0:23 Le Loyon 10:58 The Dover Demon Visual and audio credits: Le Loyon photo: Patrick / Le Matin. Letter: Commune de Sâles, Bulletin No. 33 (2013); reading by Joshua Cutchin. Footage: RTS, Couleurs locales (2018); La Télé, Radar fribourgeois (2021); WCVB, Chronicle (2026). Dover drawings: Bill Bartlett, John Baxter, Abby Brabham, via FATE (1978) / Loren Coleman. Other sources: CNews; AP / Holyoke Transcript-Telegram; Boston Globe; NICAP; UNH. Maps: Google / Cesium. Reenactments illustrate the accounts. Arkelin, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maules_Les_Gurles_um_1910_Karte.png Martin Thurnherr, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entenmoos_Raised-Transitional_Mire_04.jpg Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Etienne_de_Sâles.jpg Tschubby, CC BY-SA 3.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karte_Gemeinde_Sâles_2007.png Tschubby, CC BY-SA 3.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mont_Gibloux_Sendeturm_SW.JPG Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swiss_Army_gas_mask_model_90-IMG_7573.jpg Sâles and Mont Gibloux from the west: Walter Mittelholzer / ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, public domain. John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Trail,_Centre_Street_Conservation_Corridor,_Dover_MA.jpg Dover town center: Daderot, public domain. Trevorwelsh, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DSHS_Entrance.jpg The Copley Society of Art, Newbury Street: The Copley Society of Art, public domain. Jo Ohara, CC BY-SA 3.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moose_calf_Atlin_BC_area_001.jpg Greg Gjerdingen, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1971_Volkswagen_Super_Beetle_(29509125560).jpg Michael Gäbler, CC BY-SA 3.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bubo_scandiacus_(Linnaeus,_1758)_Male.jpg Commons images cropped/graded. CC licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ 🥸 Papa Lurks (My Dad) Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5wpvX82-n8s3MTkd2zF4hw 👉SUBSCRIBE https://bit.ly/Subscribe-To-WLB 👉SUBMIT YOUR STORIES TO: stories@whatlurksbeneath.com 🎙️WHAT LURKS BENEATH PODCAST (Interviews w/ Experts & Witnesses) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1wn5WFdt-0UGL_p14YuIw 👉JOIN MY DISCORD: https://discord.gg/5jUDGrxQTF 🎥 MY GEAR 🎥 My Speakers: https://amzn.to/3ChzoUX Speaker Stands: https://amzn.to/3QCnwRN My Microphone: https://amzn.to/3A6Oius Backup Microphone: https://amzn.to/3K4zpNK Mic Arm: https://amzn.to/3Kh4wWR Burl AD Converter: https://amzn.to/3SXlY6w Preamp: https://amzn.to/3PwQ9hR Poweramp: https://amzn.to/3A4r8VB My Camera: https://amzn.to/3PuIO2n My Lens: https://amzn.to/3wcjhEd Camera Adapter: https://amzn.to/3A1nLyN Backup Camera: https://amzn.to/3PuqmXx Teleprompter: https://amzn.to/3A6Piic Monitors: https://amzn.to/3K23uO4 Audio Interface: https://amzn.to/3QzcIUD Backup Interface: https://amzn.to/3Cdbp9r On-The-Go Interface: https://amzn.to/3QPp1M3 Elgato Streamdeck: https://amzn.to/3Cee8PO Macro Controller: https://amzn.to/3QPp3DF My Mouse: https://amzn.to/3ds6jM8 My Keyboard: https://amzn.to/3c5awoL LED Lights: https://amzn.to/3wexktc Lighting: https://amzn.to/3At0PtC LED BG Lights: https://amzn.to/3PuOdXm Sound Proofing: https://amzn.to/3c8vnYd And: https://amzn.to/3QNqd2A Green Screen: https://amzn.to/3JZFPOo Backdrop Stand: https://amzn.to/3ClVcP8 Coffee: https://amzn.to/3wbt6m7 What Lurks Beneath YouTube Channel is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. 👉LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/6BqFWcTY457HUsR3eJZ91a 👉Follow Me on Instagram! https://bit.ly/wlb-instagram 👉Like Me on Facebook! http://bit.ly/WLBfb What Lurks Beneath is a channel focused on true scary stories and true horror stories, I cover the supernatural cryptids, bigfoot, dogman and scary mysteries. In this channel, you'll find storytelling of the unkown, the supernatural and the paranormal. If you enjoy shows like Unsolved Mysteries or Paranormal Witness, you'll enjoy What Lurks Beneath