The story featured in the article at left, found in a newspaper archive from the early 20th century, sounds like a tall tale if I ever heard one. I think some bored journalist from the east coast picked the most obscure town out west he could locate on a map and decided to spin a story to tickle his readers' fancies.
At any rate, it provides a good chuckle.1 Like the math text book that used St. Vincent in a word problem, it's fun to see my hometown mentioned in such ways.
Now if anyone reading this can provide proof otherwise, that I would love to hear about!
1 - I think that humor was the point of the article - a pull of the leg, a poke in the ribs, a twinkle of any eye...
You know those "journalists" back east call this flyover country. I just never knew they meant it literally, or that it involved giant owls. :)
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