# Jimmy Carter's rabbit attack

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carters-rabbit-attack/1817>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 5, 1999, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carters-rabbit-attack/1817 "1999-07-05T03:21:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 5, 1999, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carters-rabbit-attack/1817/1 "1999-07-05T03:21:00Z")

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Does anyone know of a site that has a picture of Jimmy Carter’s “swamp rabbit attack” of the late 1970’s?? I need to prove to several people that I am not TOTALLY insane.  
Thanks

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**Post date:** [July 5, 1999, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carters-rabbit-attack/1817/2 "1999-07-05T06:55:00Z")

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I don’t think there will be a picture of it, since as Cecil has said, it was a story picked up by the papers quite a bit after it occurred, and was based solely on what Carter’s staff said he told them. I’m also pretty sure that Carter didn’t take any pictures of it himself.

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**Post date:** [July 5, 1999, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carters-rabbit-attack/1817/3 "1999-07-05T15:52:00Z")

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I did see a picture of the incident once. However, that picture was clear evidence the creature The Big Peanut was fending off with an oar was a _jackalope_, not a rabbit.

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**Post date:** [July 6, 1999, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carters-rabbit-attack/1817/4 "1999-07-06T08:18:00Z")

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you might try looking at TIME magazine for a picture. that’s where I remember reading about it - there may be a picture.