Yet the tales live on.īoth graduates of Fairfax County Public Schools, Barrett and Gray joined as a team to open the Bunnyman Brewing in 2021 in Burke, Va. Conley, historian-archivist, Fairfax County Public Library, conducted an extensive multi-year investigation that debunked the stories of the violent man in a bunny suit. Building on this myth, Barrett and Gray are opening a second Bunnyman Brewing location this Fall in Lorton at the Workhouse Arts Center, the 55-acre center for the arts and arts education that, through adaptive reuse, utilizes existing structures on repurposed land at the former Lorton Reformatory.īut, despite all the supposed sightings and incidents, and alleged crimes, Brian A. According to some tales, the Bunnyman escaped off a train from the former Lorton Reformatory, a prison that was in operation from 1910-2001. Nestled in a woodsy area of Burke, Bunnyman Brewing is located nearby to the railway that was often featured in versions of Bunnyman lore. Sitting around campfires, the stories grew and changed, as urban legends tend to do, from mere sightings in the woods to versions of violent crimes by a man donned in a bunny suit. Starting back in the 1970s, many Fairfax County kids grew up hearing scary stories about the Bunnyman. Locally owned, founded and operated by Eric Barrett and Sam Gray, Burke, Va.-based Bunnyman Brewing is named after a long-time local urban myth about an ax-wielding man dressed in a white bunny costume who wreaked havoc in Fairfax County and throughout the region. In celebration of National Small Business Week, we are proud to highlight Bunnyman Brewery, a Fairfax County small business. Community-focused Fairfax County Bunnyman Brewing Named for Urban Legend
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