"Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:22:40 CST, wrote:

On Apr 19, 11:27 am, "drsolo" wrote:
Rhinelander? Home of the Hodag?

"kat ^.^" wrote in message

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in Rhinelander

That very town. You know the hodag? Tell me more.
kat ^.^
in Rhinelander

Well it doesn't look like I'll be naming snakes anytime soon, the
southern black racer that was in the pond has apparently left for
greener (or wetter, or something) pastures. It may have been some
sort of irreconcilable personality conflict, I don't know. In any
event, the snake is gone.

The hodag is a critter that I didn't expect to find mentioned here. I
am most familiar with the "cave hodag"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodag). I've been caving pretty much
all over the US, but mostly in the Virginia-West Virginia areas. In
that area the well-known but seldom seen hodag has several
subterranean chambers named in honor of it. I wasn't aware of any
above ground relatives.
--
Galen Hekhuis
We'll cross that bridge when it rears its ugly head


The ORIGINAL hodag was discovered by a fellow named Gene Shepard in the
woods of Rhinelander. Wiki has a nice starter story, and here is more
history: http://www.hodagpress.com/about.htm.
Lately there have been more hodag sightings (see
http://www.hodagsightings.com/) as they come out of hibernation. Watch you
white bulldogs! They consider them a tasty treat.

--
kat ^.^
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