It is a bit Hillbilly for me but the riding cannot be beat in Murphy NC.
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In Brasstown, NC, (right at the NC-TN-GA tri-state border) they will be
dropping the opossum - yes, the famed New Year's Possum Drop. It's a
non-alcoholic family event that begins with a blessing and singing of
church songs followed by the lowering of a caged opossum
(Didelphis virginiana, I believe). An event so memorable that The Carringer
Chronicle called it, "more exciting that when the hogs ate Granny!"
"Note: The opossum is not actually "dropped", it is lowered with great
care. We treat our little friend with respect, hold him in awe, and do not
inflict any injury or traumatize God's creature of the night."
Surely the townfolk had to be drinking when they dreamed this up.
