To see an actual jackalope in the wild, is rare–like spotting Big Foot. Yet, evidence of their existence during the 1950s through 1980s could be found at any roadhouse, i.e. bar/restaurant gas station such as the original Hallelujah Junction. However, those establishments are a vanishing breed, too.

The Jackalope, for those not familiar with the species is a cross between a jack rabbit and antelope. In the 1930s, Douglas Herrick of Wyoming is attributed to be the first to discover the mythological creature. Herrick, as an amateur taxidermist, made the first mounting. In time, others did too, but used small deer horns instead. Over the next few decades the appearance of the mounted Jackalope was widespread in the Intermountain West.

Tim