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.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
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
May I suggest the Great Sand Trout thread from alt.culture.us.southwest back in the day.
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.
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.
Between the snipes and these jackalopes, coyotes in eastern Oregon have a rough life.
http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm