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Wanigan - [fearsome critter] – "A Peculiar animal of the Pinewoods" which 'shuts itself up something like a mud turtle.' – Its rare & shy, so its habits are unclear: Unweary fishermen would mistake it for a lunch box: it'd nip at ya like a snapping turtle & run off! - samkalensky.com/products/wan...
![the original mention of the creature from Deacon Whites Idees [1905] it is mentioned among other better known creatures](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2qhnojh2joagxxpcyedopa7u/bafkreica4cr5lgq72g3airioxf4iz7xxmgsts5k5edgnh5r633dffhetmi)
![The inspiration and one of the earliest drawings of the Happy auger, As it appears in the revised - Febold Feboldson: Tall tales from the Great Plains. 1948]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2qhnojh2joagxxpcyedopa7u/bafkreifo6qk3zjumoa253x6xuu7axugyqq44u35ceo453okqygpdculjwe)
