The Harlan’s Creek Parks and Recreation Department has relocated its annual Easter Eggstravaganza following multiple reports of a large bipedal entity in the vicinity of the Route 7 overpass picnic area. The department wishes to emphasise that this was a scheduling decision.

The rescheduling notice, posted to the Parks and Recreation bulletin board and the town’s community Facebook group at 7:14 a.m. Tuesday, confirmed that the annual Easter Eggstravaganza would be moved from the Route 7 overpass picnic area to Founder’s Field, effective immediately. The notice cited logistical considerations. It did not specify which logistics. It did, however, include a second paragraph stating that the department ‘recognises the difference between a logistical decision and a thematic one and wishes to be clear that this is the former.’ The second paragraph was longer than the first.

Reports of an entity in the vicinity of the Route 7 overpass began arriving at the Harlan’s Creek Sheriff’s Department on Friday evening, with an additional fourteen submitted by Sunday morning. Witnesses describe a tall, bipedal figure with pronounced elongated features, observed standing beneath the overpass structure at various hours. Several reports note that the figure did not move during observation. Three reports note that it was holding something. The nature of the object is not consistent across accounts, though witnesses Barry Hutchins and Trevor Gillespie have each filed detailed supplemental statements, which are understood to diverge significantly from one another and from the remaining reports.

Community Notice

It was about six and a half feet tall, it wasn’t moving, and I want to be very clear that I did not wait to see if it would.

— Donna Reeves, owner, Moonlight Diner, whose delivery driver filed the initial report Friday at 11:48 p.m.

Authorities Confirm Response. Decline To Confirm Anything Else.

Sheriff Linda Calhoun confirmed Tuesday that her department responded to incidents at the Route 7 overpass location on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, and that the matter is being handled through appropriate channels. She confirmed the area remains accessible to the public. She did not confirm that she would recommend accessing it. When asked whether the Parks and Recreation relocation was connected to the department’s response, Sheriff Calhoun said that questions about Parks and Recreation scheduling should be directed to Parks and Recreation. The Parks and Recreation Department has not responded to requests for comment beyond the text of the original notice.

The Bunnyman is a documented regional entity with a consistent historical record across several counties in Virginia, Maryland, and northern West Virginia. Dr. Amelia Cross, WTC’s network cryptid biologist, notes that recorded appearances cluster in late March and early April, with a secondary pattern in October, and that proximity to overpass structures appears in approximately 73 percent of formal sightings. ‘The association with overpass architecture is well-established,’ Dr. Cross said. ‘What is less well-established is whether the entity is drawn to the structures or whether the structures were, at some point, placed in locations the entity already considered its own.’ She added that the question had implications she found professionally interesting and personally unsettling in roughly equal measure.

I’ve lived in Harlan’s Creek for sixty-two years and I’ve never seen anything under that overpass that I’d describe as Easter-adjacent. I would have said that before Friday. I am saying it again now, with more conviction.

— Barry Hutchins, 62, retired, who submitted three separate witness reports and has requested that all three be treated as independent corroboration

The Community Has Taken The News In Stride, Largely

Reaction in Harlan’s Creek has been measured. Several parents contacted the Parks and Recreation Facebook post to confirm they appreciated the update and to ask whether parking at Founder’s Field would be adequate, which it is understood to be. One commenter asked whether the egg hunt course would avoid the creek drainage side of the field, citing an unrelated advisory from last November. The Parks and Recreation Department confirmed the course had been adjusted. It did not explain why the question required an adjustment. Marla Jenkins, reached at the Moonlight Diner counter Tuesday morning, said only that the Route 7 picnic area had ‘always had a feeling about it in spring’ and that she personally thought Founder’s Field was a perfectly nice alternative. She refilled three coffees during the conversation without being asked. Junior Polk, also present, said nothing. He was asked directly. He said nothing again, which those familiar with Junior understand as its own kind of statement.

Professor Leonard Finch, speaking from the University of West Virginia’s Department of Paranormal History, noted that the Route 7 overpass corridor sits within three miles of a documented 1887 settlement boundary and that overpass construction in 1961 involved the excavation of approximately fourteen feet of fill material whose provenance he described as ‘not clearly documented and therefore interesting.’ He added that April entity activity in the region had historical precedent going back to at least 1614, and that in his view the Parks and Recreation Department had made a sensible call. ‘The logistical argument is completely valid,’ Professor Finch said. ‘Founder’s Field has better drainage and significantly less recorded entity activity. Both things can be true simultaneously.’ He is currently preparing a paper. He has been preparing it since 2019.

The Easter Eggstravaganza proceeds Saturday at Founder’s Field. Attendance is expected. The Route 7 overpass picnic area remains open. The DCA passive observation notice remains active. The entity has not been formally classified, formally contacted, or formally asked to relocate. A Parks and Recreation spokesperson confirmed the department has no jurisdiction over the overpass structure itself, which falls under the county roads authority, which has not responded to requests for comment. Sheriff Calhoun, reached again for final comment, confirmed that her department would have a presence at Founder’s Field on Saturday and that residents should enjoy the event. She was asked whether a presence would also be maintained at the overpass. She said the matter was being handled through appropriate channels. This is Hal Ridgeway. Authorities continue to urge caution. The eggs will be hidden by 9:45 a.m. Reporting continues.