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kobewankanobi t1_ix93z6y wrote

My first thought when anyone talks about something in the Mississippi, is big hugs catfish. Size of a got damn Volkswagen Beetle.

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Superior-Solifugae t1_ix94oid wrote

I think of that and the Piasa bird

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kobewankanobi t1_ix954ac wrote

I grew up in northwest indiana a while away from the Mississippi and my parents and grandparents still always said to never swim in the river and if you fall in get out fast cuz of them catfish. They swallow kids all the time and you heard legends of some eating full grown men lol.

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Superior-Solifugae t1_ix95rh7 wrote

Here in Alton, the stories are that the workers building our bridge refused to go in the water without harpoon guns.

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