The Groaning Thanksgiving Board. There is much to groan about in this collection of toxic Thanksgiving foodstuffs.
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Chris Woodyard
on
November 20, 2018
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged poisoned cranberries , poisoned gravy , poisoned holiday foods , poisoned potatoes , poisoned pumpkin pie , poisoned turkey , Thanksgiving , Thanksgiving poisonings , The Groaning Thanksgiving Board
Veto Goes Mad President Garfield’s dog Veto goes mad at the President’s death.
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Chris Woodyard
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September 18, 2018
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , medical oddities , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged dog goes mad at death of master , General Garfield's dog , James A. Garfield , Lawnfield , Mentor Ohio , Newfoundland dog , presidential dogs , presidential pets , Veto , Veto Goes Mad
Outrunning the Dragon A witness sees a man trying to outrun a dragon, which seems at first only a cloud of dust.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 5, 2018
in Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Fortean Mysteries , News , Victorian
and tagged American dragons , dragon , dragon's ghost , Era Idaho , ghost of a dragon , Hailey Idaho , Idaho folklore , Jardine Henderson , Judge Waldron , Outrunning the Dragon , silly season , tall tales
Bats in the Coal A unique tale of living bats said to have been found inside a solid lump of coal. Toad in the Hole with wings.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 25, 2018
in Animal Tales , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Scientific Oddities , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Bat in the Coal , bat in the hole , bats in coal mine , Bats in the Coal , Cascade Range , entombed animals , Maryland forteana , myotis , Oregon forteana , Samuel B. Hoopman , Swanton Mine Maryland , toad in the hole
Something Baleful on the Bridge Something invisible and baleful on the bridge evokes awful feeling of horror, sickness, and impending death in the witnesses.
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Chris Woodyard
on
July 14, 2018
in Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Victorian
and tagged bridge ghost , evil aura , evil spirits , ghost on bridge , haunted bridges , invisible animal , panic , phantom animal , phantom dog , Something Baleful on the Bridge
The Elf-Shot Spaniel A curious dog is elf-shot by grotesque Irish fairies after straying into their territory.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 23, 2018
in Animal Tales , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged dog elf-shot by fairies , dog shot by the elves , elf bolts , elf darts , elf-shot , elf-stone , elfin arrows , evil fairies , injured by the fairies , Irish fairies , Irish water spaniel , mad dog , malevolent fairies , Shot by the Elves , The Elf-Shot Spaniel
The Dead Travel Fast Traveling fast, a mysterious buggy and its dead ? rider approach a house, but never arrive.
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Chris Woodyard
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May 12, 2018
in Animal Tales , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Colorado ghosts , forerunner , ghost buggy , ghost horse , ghostly horse , mysterious apparition , The Dead Travel Fast , vardoger
Easter Greetings – with evil rabbit.
Ape-ril Fool Was the ape-man on the Miner girls’ farm a hoax to scare them off the property or an April Fool’s joke?
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Chris Woodyard
on
March 31, 2018
in Animal Tales , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Panics
and tagged ape man , Ape-ril Fool , April Fool , April Fool's hoax , April Fool's joke , Connecticut , hoaxes , Mildred Miner , Muriel Miner , North Stonington , P T Barnum , side-show performer , Zip "what-is-it?"