The Resurrected Rabbit (2020), ("The Hare Drier")

A contemporary legend also known as "The Hare Drier," "Bunny Bounces Back," "The Replaced Rabbit," etc.

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/smiley_anders/article_1599b2ba-3bc1-11ea-8d38-4b01a411f1a1.html

The Advocate [Baton Rouge, LA]

21 January 2020

Smiley: The Case of the Resurrected Rabbit

"The animal funeral stories remind me of a sad story," says Dave Grouchy, of Covington:

"My black lab, Duke, came trotting proudly up to me with a deceased rabbit in his mouth. He was a hunter, so I praised him — until I recognized the bunny as the pet of my neighbor’s little girl.

"I inspected the rabbit, who was sure enough dead, and covered with mud and leaves. I called Duke everything but a good dog.

"I noticed that the neighbors were not home, so I cleaned the rabbit up as best I could with soap and water, then blow-dried her and put her back in her hutch. I figured the neighbors would think she had died of natural causes and not be mad at me or my dog.

"Sure enough, later that evening the neighbors returned home and there was quite a commotion. I hid in the house and avoided them for days.

"About a week later I bumped into my neighbor and asked how he was doing. He said, 'Not so good. You remember my daughter’s little bunny, Fluffy? Well, Fluffy died and some sick son-of-a-gun dug her up and put her back in her hutch.'"

Cremains Ingested (Waukesha, WI) – Russian Urban Legends – Exploding Shark’s Revenge

https://fox6now.com/2020/01/16/charged-couple-accused-of-running-drug-operation-from-menomonee-falls-apartment/

WITI-TV [Milwaukee, WI]

16 January 2020

2 accused of running drug operation from apartment; man says he ‘ingested’ mother’s ashes

WAUKESHA — A couple is accused of running a drug operation out of their Menomonee Falls apartment. […] Police questioned [Austin] Schroeder about the unknown powder and vegetable-like material in the apartment — and he “indicated that it was all legally owned and he mixed these substances for a variety of reasons. He indicated that his mother passed away in November 2019 and she was cremated. Schroeder indicates he took some of her ashes and mixed them with a variety of substances, some of which he ultimately ingested.” […]

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https://spokus.eu/en/urban-legends-ussr-soviet-russia/

Spokus

16 January 2020

Urban Legends in USSR – An Interview with Russian Folklorists Anna Kirziuk & Alexandra Arkhipova

by Eymeric Manzinali

Russian folklorists Anna Kirziuk and Alexandra Arkhipova are the authors of the first book about urban legends in the Soviet Union. Corpses in kvass barrels, dangerous signs hidden by the enemies of the people, black Volga kidnappings … Do these tales reflect the Soviet fears? What can we think of the most recent “Blue Whale Challenge” rumours, which started in Russia? We had the opportunity to interview these urban legends specialists about this quite unknown subject. […]

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https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1907-12-23/ed-1/seq-2/

Anon., “WHAT GOT THE HOOK? | THINK IT A ‘SQUARE DEAL’ | Deep Sea Monster Baffled Captain Johansson, F.M.” New York Daily Tribune, 23 December 1907, p. 2.

[Peter A. Johansson, captain of the Swedish barkentine Elise and holder of “the world’s record for shark killing,”] showed a varied fishing tackle, which included an adequate supply of nitro-glycerine bombs with time fuses attached, which he frequently tucks away deceptively into a fine fresh piece of porpoise meat and throws to a hungry shark that chances to follow in the wake of the Elise. “Sharks are the enemy of man,” said the captain, “and for that reason I am the enemy of the sharks. I have harpooned them and blown them up with dynamite. No, I am not afraid they will blow up under the barkentine. I have studied the ways of the shark and know that he always sheers off either to port or to starboard after he has gulped the bait. I have fed hundreds of sharks with my little explosive pill, and only one exceptionally bright fellow came under my ship to let himself explode. It did not bother me, because the Elise is built of iron.” […]

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/05/shark-drunk-monsters-tale-review

The Guardian [UK]

5 July 2017

Shark Drunk and A Sea Monster’s Tale review – the lure of an astonishing fish

Philip Hoare

[…] One sailor told me of his friend who, working for the navy during the second world war, decided to see what would happen if he planted a mine on a passing shark. It swam back under the boat, detonating the device and blowing off one of the man’s legs. […]