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Giant Rooster
Kingdom: Animalia
Location found: Primarily North America (particularly the Midwest)
The giant rooster is not a distinct species, but rather a mutant, oversized version of the common rooster. It's not clear what makes them so big. Maybe it's the food they eat, or something in the air. Maybe it's radiation. Whatever the reason, giant roosters have been a frequent subject of photographs from the beginning of the twentieth century onwards. Many of these photographs have been sent as postcards. During the drought years of the Great Depression midwestern farmers seemed to enjoy sending postcards of giant roosters (and other giant-sized livestock and produce) to their friends and relatives back east. These postcards were frequently captioned: "They grow 'em big here!"

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its so obvious that these are all fake...........cant anyone else see that??
Posted by dont worry  in  -  on  Thu May 27, 2004  at  10:25 PM
Hence their location on a hoax website...
Posted by Noah's Cat  on  Mon Jun 28, 2004  at  02:19 AM
Your coloured photo shows my neighbour, Robert "Slim" Pickins, proudly displaying his giant rooster, "Big Boy". This photo is real because my father took this about 4 years ago. Being his neighbour, I used to feed and water all his chickens during the summer when he holidayed at his brother's in the States. It was on rare occasion that they got nasty. I still carry the deep scar on my left bum cheek when I moved too slow while feeding them. My Mum said that would be the last time to help him. She was right.
Posted by Jason Matika  in  Rickersville, ON Canada  on  Fri Sep 17, 2004  at  12:37 AM
Giant Rooster Haiku:

OMG! Tell me,
Have you ever seen before
Guys with such huge cocks?
Posted by andychrist  on  Tue Nov 07, 2006  at  05:53 AM
Giant cockerel
Don't know why all I know is
They'd make a huge roast!
Posted by J  on  Mon Nov 20, 2006  at  12:30 PM
Texas Rooster--not!
McD's supersized this lot!
You too grow and crow.
Posted by #1F  in  NNVA  on  Wed Nov 22, 2006  at  06:05 PM
In Harpers magaizine there was an article about a German director, Warner Herzog (I might have misspelled that). There was a footnote about how he had travelled across America searching for the largest rooster he could find. Finally he found a 32 pound rooster. Then he found a horse that was two feet tall, and tried to convince the horse's owner to let him film the horse (whose name was Frank) being chased around the largest sequoia tree in the world by the rooster, while being ridden by a midget. Frank's owner refused. I have no idea if this story is true, but it sound like something Herzog would do.
Posted by bob  on  Fri Dec 29, 2006  at  05:26 PM
Postcards of that time frequently show oversized versions of chickens,fish,vegetables and such as a way to cheer themselves and others up by showing that people still had a living,even though they often knew they were fake.Its hardly suprising that more modern versions,still faked but more realistic,turn up.
Posted by J  on  Wed Mar 21, 2007  at  12:10 AM
I hope that Jason Matika is telling the truth because if he isn't he can get in serious trouble. I hope hes heard about the guy on wikipedia who edited the page saying that he was so and so and had info. Because even the the site is museumofhoaxes that doesnt mean he can lie. smile
Posted by veronica  on  Sun Apr 29, 2007  at  02:16 PM
man omg for all humanity get a life
Posted by Jerad Overturf  in  New Boston, Texas  on  Mon Oct 22, 2007  at  08:17 AM
excaim mmm...giant mutated meat.....wonder how long it would take to cook? lol
Posted by matthew  in  area 51  on  Fri Nov 02, 2007  at  04:23 PM
3 foot rooster in Georgia in 1941
Posted by Don Paulk  in  Alabama  on  Wed Nov 14, 2007  at  02:11 AM
i wish i had one 2 bad its fake
Posted by j-rida  in  da hood  on  Wed Nov 14, 2007  at  08:13 AM
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HOAX HAIKU
OMG! Tell me,
Have you ever seen before
Guys with such huge cocks?
(By andychrist)

Write a haiku about the Giant Rooster, and submit it in the comments. If I like it, I'll post it above.

The definition of a haiku: a short, three line poem. The first line has five syllables, the second seven, and the third five. Examples here, here, and here.