True Whoppers

I guess some whoppers can be true.

A couple that I have experienced:

Milked a beef cow a few years ago for a calf that would not nurse on it's own. Milk was brown, looked like chocolate milk. I didn't taste it, so I can't tell if it was really chocolate or not. Milked her more than once and it was brown each time. Didn't smell like chocolate, but didn't smell bad either. Explain that one to me.

Was fishing in a farm pond in a boat when I was a kid. After fishing, my buddy and I started robbing red wing black bird eggs from nests in the cat tails. I heard this flapping noise go past my head and thought I was being attacked by a mother bird. Looked down in front of me in the boat and had a 14" large mouth bass laying at my feet. He had jumped out of the water, over my shoulder flappig his tail and into the boat. If anyone else told me that fish story, I wouldn't believe it. I know two people that believe it. Guess you had to be there.

Blood in milk can discolor the milk. as to the flyin fish story, google flying carp, lots of videos!

have had bass jump in the boat,..mostely when they are laying in weeds along the shore and you get between them and open water

A few years ago on an early spring morning when the morning light was just coming on a neighbor was unlocking the door to his 8420 Deere that was hooked to the planter sitting in the field. As he was fiddling with the lock a monkey jumped from the roof of the cab, bounced off his shoulder and landed on the outside dual where it stood screaming at him. Then it jumped to the planter where it sat on one of the boxes and continued screaming. The neighbor quickly jumped in the cab and closed the door. The monkey finally ran across the field and disappeared. It had left it's calling card on the hood so he had to clean that off when the coast was clear. This is the plains of northwest Iowa where monkeys are as scarce as-well, you don't see one every day for sure.

It turned out a neighbor lady had a retired lab monkey and it got away from her. She said it didn't like men. The neighbor was afraid to tell his story at the local coffee shop for fear of the rest of the coffee shoppers thinking he'd finally lost his marbles. How many of you guys have had to clean monkey poo off the hood of your tractor? LOL Jim

I am from the govt and I am here to help. Is the biggest whopper I ever heard.

I believe it. Had the same thing happen.

Was fishing in a small boat and casting toward overhanging berry vines. Over shot and got the lure in the vines. Eased the boat over to retrieve the lure and a small bass jumped up and landed in the boat.

Father was telling that a nieghbor who was notorious on telling tall tails was telling people that one day he butcherd a chicken and while taking the dead bird to the house to dunk it in boiling water a fox came around a shed and took it out of his hand and ran away with it.

The first question,it's called colostrum.

I did the same thing while fishing except when I looked in the brush to retrieve the lure a 3 ft water moccasin was sunning on the same limb. I liked that lure but didn't hesitate to cut the line and make a quick retreat.

A guy I knew came by the house one morning. He had the uncanny knack of knowing exactly when my wife was fixing a meal, and knew she likes to feed people. Anyhow - he told me about coon hunting the night before. He said the lake was froze over, and he and his buddy, who happens to be a notorious local liar, were following some large strange animal tracks in the light snow on the lake ice. They were puzzling over what kind of animal made those tracks, when they came to a spot where the animal had reared up and walked on it's hind legs. "It had to be a bear!", he exclaimed. I laughed at his story, and he got kinda red in the face. I told him he shouldn't tell that story at the gas station where all the loafers hung out, cause they'd hooraw him out of the building, but sure enough, a couple hours later he's there and he starts this story. I was working in the station, and tried to wave him off, but he wouldn't stop. As expected, they were all laughing and razzing him, and as expected, he's getting red in the face. Finally he jumped up and hollered, "If you guys don't believe me, you can ask Duffy (the notorious liar)!" I thought I was gonna have to call the ambulance for a couple of those guys. They laughed 'til they couldn't breath.

Last fall while duck hunting on the Mississippi, I had 18 Asian Carp that had jumped in my boat when I got back to camp.....one almost hit me in the face..and one did hit me in the back...I'd say from 5 to 15 lbs average....Cmore

That is hilarious!

I've seen plenty of colostrum. It may have a yellowish tint to it, but it's not usually brown. If it is brown colostrum, it is not normal. I've seen more than 100 samples of colostrum, and this was the only time it was brown.

Saw it often in the many years that I milked cows. Most likely a matter of some blood in it,but brown colostrum for a day or two of being milked out completely wasn't unusual.

Some times the calf doesn't like chocolate.
Frank

I had quite an experience last summer while fishing in Canada. While trolling slowly for walleyes we saw a tree limb hanging real close to the water with a squirrel sitting on it nibbling an acorn. We thought that was kind of strange since it was a willow tree.

Then all of a sudden this real big northern pike comes up out of the water, grabs the squirrel and falls back in the water. Well, we went back to camp real quick to make some kind of furry lure so we could catch that big lunker.

When we got back on the lake and were getting closer to that tree, up out of the water comes this big northern again...and he put another couple acorns on that branch.

To PJH - I used to go to a cafe that had a sign on a table where all the locals sat, it said "The first liar doesn"t have a chance".

My brother watched an ostrich run across his snow covered field in front of his house. He said it came from the north and was headed south as fast as it could go. He was also afraid to say anything til the neighbor asked him if he saw it cause he thought he might be going crazy too. lol Never did find out where it came from or went.

(quoted from post at 09:39:29 02/26/13) have had bass jump in the boat,..mostely when they are laying in weeds along the shore and you get between them and open water

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I believe you.
A buddy and me had several fish jump into,out of and over the boat. I declare they may have sunk the boat if my buddy hadn't stopped cranking that telephone. :shock:

arent red wing black birds a protected species? Bill