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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by zitsarethecure on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @04:02PM (#42455144)
Another good one is the "Mad Gasser Of Mattoon" incident.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon

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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by BLKNSLVR on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @04:36PM (#42455599)
But the "Illinois Enema Bandit" was real: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_H._Kenyon

(coincidentally, the "Mad Gasser" was also in Illinois).

I only know about this because of Frank Zappa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=352dVmsn7y4

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Re:Windshield pitting incidents in Washington reach fever pi... by whatevertrevor on Thursday December 19, 2024 @06:13AM (#42460377)
And also the Monkey Man of Delhi (though that urban legend wasn't confined to Delhi):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey-man_of_Delhi

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