Who Was the Bunny Man of Fairfax County, Virginia?

Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters

On Colchester Road in Fairfax County, Virginia there is a tunnel that is said to be home to the spirit of an escaped mental patient from the late 19th century. Dressed in a bloody bunny costume holding a small wooden axe, his spirit waits for the next group to pass through the tunnel on Halloween night.
But is there any truth to this urban legend? And if there really was someone in a bunny costume threatening random people, who was he? Or will his identity remain a mystery?
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Sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20160826175349/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/bunny/bunny5.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20170605163420/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/bunny/bunny4.htm#

http://nps-vip.net/HistoricClifton/BunnyMan.htm

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https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/10/23/the-scary-weird-somewhat-true-story-of-the-fairfax-bunny-man/

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https://www.bulbapp.com/u/legend-research-the-bunny-man

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