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To: DUMBGRUNT

Read up on “The Frog War” Willimantic CT. The city even has a frog bridge to commemorate the “battle”


53 posted on 07/04/2023 5:52:16 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: muir_redwoods

I read your post and imagined little frog reenactors all camped around a pond.


55 posted on 07/04/2023 5:59:19 AM PDT by TN4Liberty (My tagline disappeared so this is my new one.)
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To: muir_redwoods
That was fun!
Thank you.

"So what’s with all the frogs? The answer rests in the town’s early days. One summer, in the 1750s, the town had been suffering a heat wave of several days’ duration, when late one night they were woken up by terrifying noises in the woods, unlike anything anyone had ever heard. Some thought it was attacking wolves or bears, and others feared it was an invading army. Still others were terror stricken that it was trumpets heralding the end of the world. The terrified town posted a guard overnight, and come morning — when the noises finally ceased — they sent a search party to investigate. About 100 yards into the woods, they reached a local pond, and discovered it was nearly dried up. Lining the pond’s dry bed were the carcasses of dozens and dozens of bullfrogs. The frogs, they sheepishly realized, had been the source of the noises which had terrified everyone the night before."


56 posted on 07/04/2023 6:08:02 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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