What Does A Dover Demon Sound Like?

Now that’s not a question you don’t get asked every day. Rarer still is the day it can be answered. How did we get to talking about the audio of one of the strangest cryptids of all time, the Dover Demon? Let’s roll back a bit.

Way back when, I did a signing for my book, The Montauk Monster, at the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine. The owner and operator of my favorite museum is the one and only Loren Coleman, the godfather of cryptozoology (“I’m gonna make him a Bigfoot he can’t refuse.”). Loren is the one who gave the mysterious carcass that washed up on a Long Island beach the name, Montauk Monster. While we were talking, I asked him what cryptid I should write about next that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. He took me to the display of the Dover Demon. Now, I’d heard of it before, but I didn’t know the full story. When he told me his account of being in the town of Dover, MA just after the sightings, I was hooked. So, I went back to New York with visions of alien-ish creatures dancing in my head.

A year later, my book, The Dover Demon, was published by Samhain Publishing (RIP). Here’s the cool cover they conjured up –

For folks in 2026, that’s pretty much a depiction of a gray alien. The thing is, back in the 70s, this alien archetype wasn’t part of the zeitgeist yet. The people who saw this creature on a lonely road over the course of 2 nights described it this way BEFORE Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released. At the time, they thought it was some strange kind of animal that had never been seen before. To this day, no one has recanted their story and the question remains – what the hell did they see? Was it some kind of terrestrial animal, or something from…somewhere else?

Those are the questions I tackled with my book. When Samhain closed shop, the amazing folks at Severed Press were kind enough to bring it back in print. And now, thanks to Graphic Audio, the definitive audiobook of The Dover Demon is now here. And yes, you’ll hear what these creatures sound like. Guaranteed to make you sleep with the lights on, the windows locked, and a baseball bat under your pillow!

Now that’s a face I’m not sure even a mother can love!

If you want to listen to a chilling audio clip, just click here. Or check this other audio clip below.

And if you dare to take the plunge into the lair of the Dover Demon, grab a copy, put on your headphones, and brace yourself. This is a ride to destinations unknown…for a reason.