Doctor Dan the Bandage Man (Little Golden Book Classics)

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However, as you approach the coast, a thick fog descends upon the road right before you turn onto Highway 101 toward the north entrance to Cannon Beach. It is quite possible that many of these sightings were hoaxes, though, considering Bandage Man pranks were rather common in the 1960s.

Moments after parking, the two heard rustling sounds coming from the nearby woods but assumed it was just the wind. At Bill Higley Insurance, we cover a lot of things with our amazing deals on car insurance, but not a haunted Chevy! Once he was being transferred from the Hospital to the jail, he escaped, ran into the woods, and hasn't been seen since. If you’re anything like me, it means it’s time to suspend your disbelief and tune into some tall tales for a little bit of spooky. It was just an old section of Highway 101 that had been bypassed when a new section put in place, but it was still accessible and wasn’t very long-just a short loop off of the highway-the whole thing from end to end could be driven in maybe five minutes or so.This road is lined on either side with towering firs and pines, creating the sense that you’re descending deeper and deeper into the forest as you drive. His face is covered in bandages, indicating that the process affected him quite badly - as the skin of other Moonscorched villagers seems to fall apart, the bandages are likely an attempt to keep his face in place. A sequel, Doctor Dan at the Circus, written by Pauline Wilkins and illustrated by Katherine Sampson, was published in 1960 by Golden Press. Often, missing pets along Cannon Beach are later found half-eaten and said to be victims of the Bandage Man. Since that fateful night, there have been numerous reports of the bandaged man appearing to others, either on top or in the back of their cars.

He is described as being heavily wrapped in bandages and almost zombie-like, with a horrid stench of rotting flesh. He’s a former logger that was mutilated in a horrible sawmill accident, turning him into the monstrosity that he is today. If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. Sometimes, it seems as if he’s just looking for a ride as he’ll mysteriously disappear before reaching the town center.Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places.

million copies, it was the largest first printing of a Little Golden Book at the time—and went on to become one of the most popular of all time in the series.The Bandage Man is known to lurk Cannon Beach’s forests and roads, covered in bandages like the classic Universal Pictures depiction of The Mummy, and is known to reek with the smell of rotting flesh. One tale involves a pair of teens who had parked on the side of the road in a pick-up truck for a little canoodling. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. This classic, early Golden Book was wildly successful when it was first published in 1950, even inspiring a spin-off titled Nurse Nancy two-years later. According to most versions of the story, the Bandage Man was a logger who was caught in a terrible accident at a sawmill.