Since Halloween is coming I thought it might be fun to write about the legendary jackalope. The jackalope is a mythical creature that is said to be a jackrabbit with a pair of antelope antlers originating from North American folklore. However they were also mentioned in medieval folklore in Bavaria and in Central America as a horned rabbit creature. There is even some artwork from ancient Persia with a rabbit with a unicorn like horn. So it may be a relatively universal mythological creature.
In 1932 Douglas Herrick who happened to live in Douglas, Wyoming, USA created the Douglas jackalope . He had studied taxidermy as a teenager and after returning from a jackrabbit hunting trip had the idea to put deer antlers on one jackrabbit's head. Since then many different people have created their own variants of the jackalope. If you haven't seen one in person mounted on the wall at a restaurant I'm sure you've at least seen one of these on television!
For those of you who are true believers in the jackalope and you want to track down your own you can get a hunting tag from the chamber of commerce of Douglas, Wyoming to hunt down your very own jackalope. However there are very tight restrictions, the first being that the open season is only on June 31 each year from midnight until 2 A.M. Additionally you must have an IQ of more than 50 but not to exceed an IQ of 72. So bad news to all of us on Hive because I think all of us have an IQ over 100. And for some reason I can't seem to find June 31st on the calendar either, odd... Apparently thousands of the licenses have been issued.
It is thought that the original legends of the creature come from a papilloma virus infection that infects hares. It causes them to grow horn like tumors at various parts of their bodies. I thought about sharing a picture of one of these poor infected rabbits, but I really didn't want to make anyone sick. It's not a pleasant to look at and made me feel sorry for the poor rabbit.
What inspired me to think about the jackalope you might ask? A long time ago I added this token to my silver collection because it was just really cool! It comes from a casino called Sierra Sid's in Sparks, Nevada, US. Having never been to Sparks I had to look it up on a map and it's adjacent to Reno, Nevada US. Yet another place I've never been. But they did produce this nice Silver Strikers commemorative silver casino chip.
Casino: Sierra Sid's, Sparks, Nevada, US
Denomination: $10 Gaming Token value
Composition: 99.9% silver surrounded by brass ring
Mint: Global Minting
Edge: Smooth
Obverse: Sierra Sid's 25 years serving great customers
Reverse: Jackalope
Weight: About 0.6 troy ounces of silver content
And I found this fun picture of a jackalope for your viewing enjoyment! Cute isn't it?
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I love collecting these commemorative silver casino chips. I hadn't planned on picking up any new silver until January until I found a cool lot of different ones on eBay and ended up buying them last week. The deal was too good to pass up. I'm sure I'll be sharing some of those when they show up! But I will warn you once you start collecting them you may get hooked like I am.
Thank you to everyone for all of your support! The Hive community really is the best. If anyone has any suggestions I'm always open to ways to improve my posts feel free to share them with me. If you have any questions or comments also feel free to leave them below. Thanks again everyone!
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope
https://www.silverstrikers.com/
And my disclaimer:
Gold and silver stacking can be a fun hobby but isn't for everyone. You can lose money. I'm not a financial advisor and this isn't financial advice, please always do your own research before spending your hard earned money.
Re-blog lottery for a chance to win 3 HSBI!
Now for the winner of the re-blog lottery! Today we had 26 people re-blog my post, thank you so much! You guy are the best! The people who re-blogged were:
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Now for today's re-blog lottery! You just need to re-blog my post you will be placed on the Wheel of Names for a spin to possibly win 3 HSBI units! Just one prize for the lucky winner. An upvote is not required but is always greatly appreciated to help me fund higher prizes in the future. Bots aren't allowed to enter please. Contest ends at 14:00 (2 PM) California Pacific time tomorrow. If I somehow missed your re-blog please let me know and I'll add you to the next draw.
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