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NYC Park Goes to the Dogs for Halloween Parade

Hundreds of costumed dogs descended on a New York City park Saturday for what was billed as the nation’s largest Halloween dog parade. Thousands of spectators mingled with about 300 four-legged contestants in Manhattan’s Tompkins Square Park. (Oct. 25) Via Associated Press.

The Halloween Crab

Lauren Goode of the Verge writes about an encounter in Costa Rica with a crustacean called the Halloween Crab: Only later, once I was able to connect to WiFi, did I learn that we had just had our first encounter with Gecarcinus quadratus de Saussure, otherwise known as the Halloween crab. And only later, in…

The Amazing Acro-Cats

The #AmazingAcroCats are in #Madison for 6 shows @BartellTheatre. They perform tonight on Live at 5 @WISCTV_News3 pic.twitter.com/1iqerzhjEj — Susan Siman (@susansiman) October 15, 2015

Farmer Finds a Woolly Mammoth

A Michigan soy farmer made the astonishing discovery while he and a friend were digging in his soy field. James Bristle, from Lima township just south-west of Anne Arbor, told media that what he initally thought was a fence post turned out to be a rib bone and the first part of a woolly mammoth…

Speedy Pups Running on Two Legs

Newspapers may be circling the drain – they are! – but here at FREE WHITEWATER it’s an enduring, eclectic mix of independent political & economic commentary and… videos of dogs running on two legs:

Friday Poll: Rabbits v. Humans of Langley, Washington

Rabbits v. Langley, Washington In Langley, Washington, people are complaining that rabbits are overrunning the town: Hundreds of bunnies are running wild around Langley, on Whidbey Island. They’re burrowing holes in school football fields, destroying the foundations of buildings and posing health risks to people and their pets, according to local officials. “There is feces…

About Lily the Dog

Reporter Fred Mogul wonders about his family’s dog:  Let me say a few things about Lily: She has never tried to herd people, children, cats or dogs. She does not look like a classic herding dog. You wouldn’t mistake her for Lassie or the border collie in Babe. And we have no particular reason to…