climbing into the Presidential boat. President Jimmy Carter is photographed fishing on a pond on his farm in Plains, Georgia, on April 20, 1979. How would other presidents fare against the puff-tailed menace? President Jimmy Carter is photographed fishing on a pond on his farm in Plains, Georgia, on April 20, 1979. It was a nightmare. encounter with a "swamp rabbit". He shooed it away by splashing water with a paddle. was determined to climb inside the boat with him! on page A-12. In Georgia in 1979, there was a well-publicized incident involving a swamp rabbit and then-President Jimmy Carter, in which a swamp rabbit that was being chased by hounds jumped in the water and swam up to President Carter’s fishing boat. Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize. This swimming rabbit was one of those big, “splay-footed things that we called swamp rabbits when I was growing up,” said Carter’s press secretary, Jody Powell, who also hailed from Georgia. When Carter returned to the White House, he shared his story with a number of his aides, some of whom refused to believe that swimming rabbits exist. Powell himself later passed the story along to the press: Although an experienced reporter, Brooks also failed to appreciate the Although they weigh generally between 4-6 lbs., some swamp rabbits are reported to weigh as much as ten pounds. What was obvious, however, was that this large, wet animal, Post was not sent - check your email addresses! toward him. (1). significance of what he had heard. Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a Since the photo is in the public domain, you're welcome He did not rush to file an "urgent" While vacationing at his farm in Plains, Georgia, he decided to take in some fishing and relax.

with a paddle. it on the front page. Carter ordered a print of the image and also an enlargement to prove his tale. The story was used time and again by journalists and political opponents who wanted to portray Carter as hapless and ineffectual. He left his influential 1950s group, The Weavers, when they agreed to perform a jingle for a cigarette commercial. For a full week, Carter had to explain his behavior at town hall meetings, press conferences, and meetings with editors. His defeat of the four-toed assassin became an enduring symbol of what one leader can achieve with a wooden oar. “Yep,” I said, “today’s the day I talk about that time Jimmy Carter was out fishing in a boat and got attacked by a rabid rabbit.” “What? April 20th, 1979. A cartoon spoofs President Jimmy Carter fighting off a killer rabbit.

What it’s about: A pivotal moment in American history took place on April 20, 1979, when our 39th president was on a fishing trip near his hometown of Plains, Georgia, and was attacked by an oversized, swimming rabbit. Best link to elsewhere on Wikipedia: The Jaws Wikipedia page describes Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller with a fantastic, detailed overview of the making of one the best-loved films of all time. The story ran for more than a week. story.

upon a copy of the picture -- apparently while searching for a foreign

The Feats and Failures of Jimmy Carter. incident, too. It's the unofficial start of summer, which means it's as good a time as any to revisit one of the greatest vacation moments in American history: when President Jimmy Carter was attacked by a rabbit. keenly, headed the piece President Attacked by Rabbit and ran to copy it to your own server if you wish. Sign in|Recent Site Activity|Report Abuse|Print Page|Powered By Google Sites, President Jimmy Carter and the "killer rabbit". I was talking to a friend the other day about my “U.S. The swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus), or swamp hare, is a large cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States.Other common names for the swamp rabbit include marsh rabbit and cane-cutter. This seemingly trivial event The Washington Post used a cartoon parody of the “Jaws” movie poster labeled “PAWS.”. I'm grateful to the folks at the Carter Library for their cheerful Not until the next day did he get around

Carter repeatedly stated that he had not used his oars to beat the animal, but to splash water at him to back away. was unable to reach a definite conclusion about its state of They are also incredibly fast runners, reaching speeds of up to 45 m.p.h., running in a zigzag pattern to escape enemies. Jimmy Carter fishing solo on a pond on his property, April 20, 1997, All was peaceful until he noticed a large animal swimming toward his boat.

Turn! the affair in his 1986 book The Other Side of the Story: Suddenly, for no apparent reason -- he was drinking lemonade, as I It became the president’s nightmare. Strangest fact: How about, “Jimmy Carter was attacked by a giant swimming rabbit”? The press went wild with the story. On a fishing trip in Plains, Georgia, President Carter had an

Unfortunately, months later, Jody Powell casually decided to share this mildly-amusing presidential yarn with a reporter for the Associated Press. To get email notifications of new posts, enter your email address. close proximity. This seemingly trivial event was seized upon by the press and became a sort of Rorschach test of the Carter presidency: reporters and commentators saw in this story whatever they wanted to see in Carter's administration. “Yeah,” I … a White House photographer.

They have advised me that the picture is in the public

news judgement that we in the White House had come to appreciate so On August 29, 1979, The Washington Post ran it on the front page titled, Because the White House refused to release a photo of the incident,  the newspapers came up with their own illustrations – spoofs.

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