Tall Tail Tale
Many legends come and go as in Brown County we all know that many years and many trails led to dark and secret tales of different things that we all did that in Brown County we keep hid but sometimes you can find some clues from our street signs to our news that give you just a tiny hint of how our legends came and went and if you search you can surmise that even we could be surprised by what our friends and neighbors do that’ s tame to us and terrify you!?
So our Brown County really scored when artists and the tourist board got together to arrange a meeting that was rather strange of forest creatures, human folk to keep us all from going broke and so they came up with a plan to swindle tourists across our land!
For decades now when it gets dark we’ ve trained our raccoons in the park to raid your campsite, steal your food and if they find they’ re in the mood they’ ll stage a protest, take a stand and trash your tent and garbage can and so to help them with their task Brown County’ s artists paint their mask hoping in your quick retreat you come to town and stay to eat!
62 Our Brown County • March / April 2019
And on our trails late at night there’ s not a skunk or snake in sight but everywhere along the edge in the forest trees and hedge watching every move you make the piercing eyes of skunk and snake waiting from the bush and branch for a single flashing chance to cross your path in dead of night and give you such an awful fright you’ ll fold your tent and turn around and spend your days and nights in town!
And usually in the park from deer there’ s nothing you should dread or fear and usually I don’ t like to brag but I’ m the one who trained the stag who late at night when you retire with his antler stabs your tire so while in town while it’ s repaired we have your bed and meal prepared!
And any swim you wanna take our snapping turtle in our lake are trained in submarine pursuit of any type of bathing suit. so come here on a weekend trip you best prepare to skinny dip since they’ re prepared to take a bite from any bathing suit in sight! … of course‘ round here it’ s understood them turtles they can’ t see that good …
This may be legend, might be true but they’ re done scared enough of you that up and down our town and street you tourists linger, stay, and eat and leave Brown County feeling good that our tall tails stay in the wood!
— Gunther Flumm