Just for fun... (house, rent, work)

[northbayeric]

Originally Posted by Darlynn0217

Yes, there are rumored to be 1000 lb Catfish that dwell at the bottom of the Lake, near the dam, that can swallow a man, WHOLE!! Common knowledge with the locals...

Better get a bigger boat!

A bigger boat? Hopefully this'll be big enough to handle those half-ton mutant catfish!


The U.S.S. John F. Kennedy!! Cali Bassman can be captain, and I can be his first officer!

[onjicamnden]

Originally Posted by Darlynn0217

Yes, there are rumored to be 1000 lb Catfish that dwell at the bottom of the Lake, near the dam, that can swallow a man, WHOLE!! Common knowledge with the locals...

Better get a bigger boat!

OMG!! Thats awesome..but i don't know if I will be swimming in those lakes now! I can't wait to go and hear the local elderly people sitting around at the coffee shop talking about the time they nearly got taken under! lol

[Cali BassMan]

Originally Posted by northbayeric

Cali Bassman can be captain, and I can be his first officer!

Dang Eric I'm going to have to get a bigger Truck, and a longer trolling motor too...

Oh yeah, and Cali's Jesse James is cool but Missour's is legendary

[firebll31]

I heard that you have to be careful waterskiing near the dam, because the giant catfish will come to the surface and grab your skiis!

The City of Carthage has had a story for many years of an underground cave with a lake large enough to boat on. Somewhere in the archives is a newspaper article from the 1870s in which several men claimed to have discovered the mouth of the cave on a piece of land and descended down to the lake. They even drew a picture of the cavern and lake. However, the legend goes, the owner of the land became worried that others would attempt to go down and get hurt or vandalize it so he dumped several truckloads of cement into the opening and noone is exactly sure where it was. Another story says there is a hidden door in the basement of the Jasper County Courthouse which leads to the cave.A few years ago some geologists were hired to extensively research the area and attempt to locate the cave. They used high-tech sounding devices like is used to locate oil and discovered that there IS a large anomaly which could be a cave, but it appeared to be filled with mud. Carthage has several caves in the area and has been mined for limestone and marble and occasionally a sinkhole opens up, but so far no wonderful new tourism cave!

[onjicamnden]

Originally Posted by firebll31

I heard that you have to be careful waterskiing near the dam, because the giant catfish will come to the surface and grab your skiis!

The City of Carthage has had a story for many years of an underground cave with a lake large enough to boat on. Somewhere in the archives is a newspaper article from the 1870s in which several men claimed to have discovered the mouth of the cave on a piece of land and descended down to the lake. They even drew a picture of the cavern and lake. However, the legend goes, the owner of the land became worried that others would attempt to go down and get hurt or vandalize it so he dumped several truckloads of cement into the opening and noone is exactly sure where it was. Another story says there is a hidden door in the basement of the Jasper County Courthouse which leads to the cave.A few years ago some geologists were hired to extensively research the area and attempt to locate the cave. They used high-tech sounding devices like is used to locate oil and discovered that there IS a large anomaly which could be a cave, but it appeared to be filled with mud. Carthage has several caves in the area and has been mined for limestone and marble and occasionally a sinkhole opens up, but so far no wonderful new tourism cave!

Wow this is some awesome information..just the sort of stuff I was looking for! Thank you!!!

[GreenGeek]

Thanks for the stories! I imagine I'll be visiting a few of the caves after I get moved but you can be sure my first stop with be a visit to the lake where that giant catfish lives! It's been a while since my last fishing trip and I forget, do you use a bobber when you're going after catfish? ;-)

[GW99]

[quote=Cali BassMan;2702362]Dang Eric I'm going to have to get a bigger Truck, and a longer trolling motor too. Maybe a bigger minnow bucket and net also.

[firebll31]

Originally Posted by GreenGeek

Thanks for the stories! I imagine I'll be visiting a few of the caves after I get moved but you can be sure my first stop with be a visit to the lake where that giant catfish lives! It's been a while since my last fishing trip and I forget, do you use a bobber when you're going after catfish? ;-)

If you are going after the BIG catfish you use an upside-down bathtub with a hole cut in the side and your hands! They were experimenting with a LEGAL noodling season in Missouri a while back, does anyone know if that is still in effect?

[Darlynn0217]

Originally Posted by firebll31

If you are going after the BIG catfish you use an upside-down bathtub with a hole cut in the side and your hands! They were experimenting with a LEGAL noodling season in Missouri a while back, does anyone know if that is still in effect?

Apparently, it is and here's a link Missouri legalizes bare-hand fishing - Weird news - MSNBC.com

[Darlynn0217]

Stone County , MO. was home of the "Yocum Dollar", a silver coin almost exactly like the American Dollar, but with .4 g more silver! Named after one of Stone counties founding fathers, It was used in the early 1800's as LEGAL tender, and is responsible for our local Theme Parks' name...Silver Dollar City!
This story, and more....

The History of Stone County, Missouri

This is fun! Haven't found any "Bigfoot" type stories, but there are MANY ghostie kinda stories!! I'll keep diggin'!!