#Rhinelander

[unteriors]

Stevens Street N, Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

[the-lost-get-loud]

[nyctra]

I never see mention of Rhinelander rabbits and that's a problem!

[letthepeoplepass]

In 1893, well known prankster Eugene Shephard (from Rhinelander, Wisconsin) got a large group together to find a creature called the Hodag.

"the head of a frog, the grinning face of a giant elephant, thick short legs set off by huge claws, the back of a dinosaur, and a long tail with spears at the end", the newspaper said.

Apparently, they required dynamite to slay the creature. It soon became extinct due to the lack of their food source: white bulldogs!

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Sending some love to my home state!

Inbox is open! Send cryptid requests! I’ll look them up and cover them!

[unexplained-occurrences]

One of the best cryptids to ever do it: The Hodag from Rhinelander, WI

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Logging Museum in Rhinelander, WI, US

American vintage postcard

[briefbestiary]

While there are a few notable varieties of hodag, including the shovel-nosed specimen which tips trees and preys on porcupines, the current public image of the hodag was heavily influenced by the machinations of Eugene Shepard's intricate hodag hoax.

Shepard was a land surveyor, timber cruiser, and eventual resort owner known for his humour, practical jokes, and some Paul Bunyan stories. His hodag, in particular, had garnered much noteriety. However, it was after some Smithsonian scientists had announced their intent to visit his specimen that Shepard called it quits, admitting to the nature of the hoax.

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C&NW EMD diesel locomotive on southbound passenger train #216 Flambeau 400 east of Rhinelander, WI. September 25, 1963

[frogshunnedshadows]

Fun monster / cryptids / critter / creature stuff.

[corgiboobs]

Fear the Hodag from Rhinelander, Wisconsin back in May 2023.

[symptomatic-stigmata]

I fucking hate driving but I love taking pictures with local statues.

[thevisualvamp]

Dinner party

Rhinelander Mansion dining room, photographed by resident Edgar de Evia, 1950s. Ralph Lauren would later renovate Rhinelander in the 1980s to become his flagship store.

[the-lost-get-loud]

[wausaupilot]

Timber industry group, right-wing nonprofit influence Oneida County comprehensive plan

Since the approval of the Pelican River Forest conservation easement earlier this year, American Stewards of Liberty has undertaken an effort to influence local planning decisions up north.

by Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner November 19, 2024 A committee of the Oneida County Board has approved a number of changes to the draft of the county’s new comprehensive plan suggested by a timber industry group, aided by U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and American Stewards of Liberty, a right-wing nonprofit that has taken an interest in land use policy in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. The five-member…

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Eagle

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Relaxing Lake Video from Up North Wisconsin in HD