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Posted on: December 21, 2006 7:51 PM, by PZ Myers
It's a good ol' American tradition: the telling of tall tales in a perfectly dead-pan style. There's enough weird stuff in Kansas, though, that maybe the story is actually true.
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Yeah, we have similiar stories that we tell tourists here in australia as well. Never heard of the vicious australian dropbear? Better be careful when hiking through the bushland of australia is all I am prepared to say..
Drop bear
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear
Posted by: beepbeepitsme | December 21, 2006 10:23 PM
May I suggest the Great Sand Trout thread from alt.culture.us.southwest back in the day.
Posted by: David Sewell | December 21, 2006 10:43 PM
Reminds me of the time I scared one of my bosses out of a ski trip with my tales about the West Virginia Snow Snake.
Posted by: ranson | December 22, 2006 9:20 AM
We have a lot of people who act like apes here but I've never seen them fly without an airpline. Those snipes, though, they'll getcha.
Posted by: Gina | December 22, 2006 10:23 AM
Between the snipes and these jackalopes, coyotes in eastern Oregon have a rough life.
http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm
Posted by: Desert Donkey | December 22, 2006 11:54 AM