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“I don’t know if you can tell by looking at me, but I’m realll used to rejection,” said Tripping Falls resident Kyle Leach. Leach is also the head of the Tripping Falls Olympic Committee.
“Still, this hurts.”
Leach goes on to mention that “Tug-of-war, live pigeon shooting — even SOLO synchronized swimming — were Olympic sports once. All we’re asking for is a fair shot.”
The International Olympic Committee has not responded to an interview request to defend their position, but residents around the Town have their own thoughts about why the Taxidermy Toss petition continues to be rejected.
“Outside of our weird little town, most people don’t generally want to throw taxidermized animals around like bags in a cornhole game,” said local restauranteur Dave Yeti.
The Taxidermy Toss isn’t alone in its status as an oft-rejected Olympic sport, however. Here are a few other sports that never quite caught the eye of the IOC:
The Taxidermy Toss has evolved quite a bit over time. What started out as a way for kids to pass time in Victorian-era Colorado became a game of chance alongside Faro, poker, Chuck-a-Luck and Three-Card Monte.
After a wave of bubonic plague struck the town, it was determined that it would be more sanitary to chuck taxidermized animals instead of plain ol’ roadkill. Of course, this made it very easy to cheat as gamblers could pay off the the town taxidermist to weight down the critters. This remained a problem until 1978, when the town taxidermist was granted a governing role (and has since been a position of great honor).
Each year the Town gets together to participate in the Taxidermy Toss to test accuracy and strength and honor this nearly century-old pastime.
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