# A Jackalope has been found! RL, with newslink. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416 "2005-08-31T13:22:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/1 "2005-08-31T13:22:29Z")
A rabbit with horn-like features has been found by a veterinarian in Minnesota. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/29/AR2005082901234.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/29/AR2005082901234.html) Is this the basis for the Jackalope story? ---
**Author:** ![squeekster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/2 "2005-08-31T13:49:23Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Is this the basis for the Jackalope story? Probably not. [“Real” Jackalope](http://twoday.net/static/leobard/images/jackalope.jpg)😉😉 ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/3 "2005-08-31T13:52:07Z")
Maybe so. From the article. “It had Shope papilloma virus, a highly contagious disease that _causes rabbits to grow things on their head and face that look like horns._” ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/4 "2005-08-31T13:54:21Z")
What does “RL” stand for? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/5 "2005-08-31T14:04:40Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > What does “RL” stand for? Real Life, as in “not pretend”. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/6 "2005-08-31T14:45:27Z")
We found a rabbit like mentioned in the OP here at work a few years back, looked terribly bizzare. The “horns” looked like hair that had been glued into shape and were all over the rabbit’s head. Somebody got pics, not sure what became of them, or the rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/7 "2005-08-31T15:06:20Z")
Dang, no picture? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/8 "2005-08-31T15:10:17Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Dang, no picture? Not of this rabbit, but the effects of the disease can be seen [here.](http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~hollidac/jacksforreal.html) ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/9 "2005-08-31T15:12:08Z")
Hiding in plain sight, I am… IIRC, there was no traditional Jackalope story; earlier this year, or maybe last year, the guy who “invented” the jackalope died. It made the offbeat news collections for a week or so; I probably wouldn’t have noticed if not for my (hastily-chosen) screen name. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/10 "2005-08-31T15:59:53Z")
Yeah, but what about a [basselope](http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0316126640/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-7042998-5420653#reader-page) ? (click the previous page button for a picture of a basselope) ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/11 "2005-09-01T05:00:13Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > Not of this rabbit, but the effects of the disease can be seen [here.](http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~hollidac/jacksforreal.html) ☹ Poor bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/12 "2005-09-01T05:03:14Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > Not of this rabbit, but the effects of the disease can be seen [here.](http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~hollidac/jacksforreal.html) Well, that sucked the fun right out of this topic… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jackalope-has-been-found-rl-with-newslink/319416/13 "2005-09-01T05:08:09Z")
Oh, those poor little things! That’s just awful!