Brit Reacts to 25 BIZARRE Facts About Each US State

[@gotham61]

"A taxidermed possum" In other words, dead and stuffed.

[@lorrahowell3567]

But it started with a live o'possem, can you imagine!!!!

[@donnabert]

@@lorrahowell3567 It did? Why do you say that?

[@lorrahowell3567]

@@gotham61 read about in an article published in a magazine called "Carolina Country"

[@amandataylor1166]

I’m from New York & I don’t take offense, I love watching our ball drop… but a possum??? That’s gotta be the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard, that craziest & weirdest thing was that it started in 2000… I guess it’d be less weird if it was a traditional thing started in the 1800’s or early 1900’s but who the hell in 2000 thought something like that would be the best way to bring in the new year… smh, I don’t even know what to say… 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@lennybuttz2162]

@@lorrahowell3567 You aren't being completely open about this. The Opossum was inside an acrylic box and it was lowered via a cord. This only lasted a few years in North Carolina but was later picked up by a city in Georgia where they used a live possum until PETA brought a law suite against them then they used roadkill. Along with live, roadkill, ceramic and stuffed opossums this even is popular with citizens but not with PETA. 1 live Opossum was hurt and had to have it's leg amputated. No live ones were used since. It's been held in different cities. None of the opossums were dropped, they were lowered.

[@Dandee268]

A moonbow is a faint rainbow created by the moon and water droplets from Cumberland Falls. It's pretty to see it.

[@Jacy320]

My home town of Port Chicago California was the site of 2 navy ships blowing up in 1944 while being loaded with ammunition for WWII. The explosion blew the windows out of houses 9 miles away. 50 Black sailors refused to go back to work because of the dangerous conditions and were wrongly convicted of mutiny. They were just exonerated by the US Navy last month, 80 years later.

[@le8148]

YES, I think a whole video can be made on FL alone. I was half expecting the Coral Castle was going be mentioned for FL. Although, sooooo many things could be mentioned.

[@harryballsak1123]

You could make 25 top 25 lists about how weird Florida is

[@lennybuttz2162]

Back in the day every time I heard a bizarre story it happened in FL but now days with cell phones bizarre stuff is happening all over the place. There ain't no shortage of stupid, that's for dang sure.

[@TheAidanodian]

We’re looking forward to your arrival in the states, Emperor Lewis.

[@Brenda-f9y]

The castle in Phoenix is called Mystery Castle and the guy who built it was actually named Boyce Luther Gulley and is an 18 room 3 story castle. It features a chapel, cantina and a dungeon. His daughter died in 2010 and the property is now maintained by the Mystery Castle Foundation which is a non profit organization. It unfortunately was extensively vandalized on March 6, 2022, and the Mystery Castle suffered an estimated $100,000 in damage. I literally just read something yesterday about the tomb that Nicholas Cage built!

[@Stephanie-ik1vq]

My Mom was good friends with his daughter Mary Lou Gulley and her mother, and she even worked for Mary Lou during the 1970's as a tour guide for the castle. I would go with her on the weekends and follow the tours around to make sure that no one took anything. It's not true that no one knows why he left his wife & daughter. Mary Lou told us that it was because he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and didn't want to be a burden to them. In those days when you were diagnosed with TB you were told to go to a dry climate, so he left Seattle for Arizona. It breaks my heart to hear that the castle was vandalized. I hope that they were able to restore it. EDIT: I just read that they want to demolish the castle! That really breaks my heart! I hope that it is saved!!!!

[@Brenda-f9y]

@@Stephanie-ik1vq I didn't even hear that they want to demolish it! I read about him being diagnosed with TB as well.

[@Stephanie-ik1vq]

@@Brenda-f9y I googled it last night and found an article that says that they want to demolish it, but then went to the Mystery Castle website and it said that article wasn't true, so I don't know what to believe. I hope that the city/someone steps in to save it. They did it for Tovrea Castle here, so you would think that they would do it for the Mystery Castle. It's such a hidden gem here in the valley. I have so many great memories there like making pies with Mary Lou in the kitchen. This one will hit me hard personally.

[@johnalden5821]

I have seen the Blucifer statue, which is pretty wild looking. It's like, "Welcome to Colorado! Watch where you step on those thin mountain trails, and don't look down!"

[@meghanmeador8089]

Fly to Denver often and absolutely love seeing the blue mustang

[@rhonniesapphire4685]

The Kokomo Hum is real. They have proof with electronics monitoring that it is there. It can only be heard by few with very exceptional hearing, but has made many more ill and gave them headaches.

[@PinkHibiscus-eh9hy]

Its probably a secret gov experiment. Theyll deny it for 50 years after it stops so no one can sue or force them to stop.

[@marieneu264]

6:07 he said a “taxidermed” possum lol. Not sure that is even really a word, but no, it’s not alive and it doesn’t die because it’s already dead.

[@Og-Judy]

Taxidermy is an actual process of preserving a dead animal versus just a stuffed "look a like toy"

[@lennybuttz2162]

They did use live opossums at one time along with a ceramic opossum and roadkill but none of them were actually dropped they were lowered. None of them died but one had an accident and had to have it's leg amputated. PETA put a stop to them using live animals.

[@CarlGorn]

A moonbow is like a rainbow, light being refracted through water droplets, only it's moonlight that's being reflected. This is obviously very rare, since moonlight isn't usually strong enough to penetrate a rainstorm. So at Cumberland Falls, the fine mist thrown up from the falls serves as the prism, refracting the moonlight and creating a moonbow.

[@deniseoconnor6765]

Oh good old Bluecifer. You should research how creepy the Denver airport is

[@xenialafleur]

The Denver Airport is a rabbit hole all on it's own.

[@ElysiaTara]

Oh yes it is. Spend some time on that!

[@lennybuttz2162]

Yikes, I don't think I ever want to fly through Denver. I've never been there but I've seen a lot of videos made in Denver and it looks dreadful, it's all brown and gray with a huge population of homeless people.

[@MckenzieClabby]

As a Floridian I have never seen a short person get thrown😂

[@cherokeeguy9]

Minnesota elects 3 year mayor - L3w stares into the camera and blinks. He kills me sometimes when he does that 😂

[@Voo504Doo]

i lold

[@Wanderlust.428]

I love your genuine reactions and your vids! Always look forward to your notifications ❤ greetings from Boston! 🇺🇸

[@rosemaryraupp4370]

Corbin Kentucky is not only where you can view the moonbow. But it is also the home of Kentucky Fried Chicken. And located next to London Kentucky 😂

[@PeterOConnell-pq6io]

Norton the First not only declared himself "Emperor of the United States", but, for reasons equally unclear to others, anointed himself "Protector of Mexico"! Considered harmless otherwise, harmless locals humored him

[@dking1836]

And neither the first, nor last, strange person from San Francisco.

[@413TomaccoRoad]

Emperor.

[@PeterOConnell-pq6io]

@@413TomaccoRoad thought I'd fixed that typo, twice. Yet another mystery

[@413TomaccoRoad]

@@PeterOConnell-pq6io Stuff happens.

[@kenbrown2808]

16: you missed that the possum is stuffed.

[@karendeitrick2655]

Of course he missed it

[@cp368productions2]

He has the IQ of a rock, he didn't miss it, he just is Clueless Lewis, he didn't understand it.

[@reneeparker7475]

In both Idyllwld California and Cormorant Minnesota have elected dogs as mayor. Yeah, we're that weird.

[@hilarygarrison6139]

There's a cat mayor in Alaska, too 😂

[@foureyedelf6151]

Yeah I think a 3 year old boy is a bit more qualified than a pet. I want to learn more.

[@lisaestes4748]

I was born in KC Missouri and remember the flood of '93. It was crazy, imagine every low lying area full of water, they were like ponds and small lakes. It took a long time for this to go back to normal. We have family in Quincy Illinois as well, where the dude caused the flood, 🙄🙄 horrible!

[@beckysimeone4882]

My parents lost everything because of him. Very sad time!

[@sreace723]

I remember that flood in KCMO too! I remember going to my then BF's house, after the water receded, and one of their neighbors had a chain link fence with rats stuck through the holes. It was so sad/gross!! He lived close to the Kansas River in KCKS. Their house was a total loss.

[@MoparMelanie]

Rabbit Hash Kentucky elects dogs as their Mayor.

[@Dandee268]

I'm from Ky, and last time I visited the general store, they were having elections with the dogs pictures posted.

[@lisawhitehall1870]

Absolutely love it when you stare blank into the camera 😂 about the baby/mayor situation..your face is priceless 😂

[@JIMBEARRI]

Yes, "Dwarf tossing' and "Dwarf Bowling" used to be "entertainment" as some bars and pubs.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Weird fact about New Jersey: we have more diners per capita than anywhere else in the USA

[@teerat8451]

Emporer Lewis, the 1000 drone birds probably forgot to recharge on the power lines.😂😂

[@wisecoconut5]

" Dwarf tossing" was a brief fad at certain bars in the 80s. Yes, the dwarves were real, but many people thought that bar owners were exploitative and the game abusive. Many communities banned it.

[@CarlGorn]

Idaho = "I dunno" said through a stuffed nose. It's as likely as any other explanation. "So, what should we call the state?" **sniff** "I duh ho..." "I love it! Write it up!"

[@randompixels6237]

Detroit residents used to set abandoned houses on fire also because there were so many, they're dangerous for the nrighborhood, and the city wouldn't tear them down. They did it on devils night so that the fire dept is too overwhelmed to put them out. I've seen this personally in the year 2000. It's a crazy night.

[@robynbeach3198]

13:39 I would vote for anybodys 3 year old over the current mayor of my home town.

[@JaneRumes-xc3ns]

The guy that created Idaho had a cold. When asked what to name the new territory he said “I don’t know “ and the misunderstanding stood. 😜

[@Dougn57]

I remember those dwarf tossing events!!! 😂😂 Life was good 👍 😊. The dwarfs always looked like they were having fun and they were making money!! They were thrown onto a pad AND IT WAS HILARIOUS 😂. They keep making life illegal 😒.

[@chanmi1957]

That's why it was so funny in Lord of the Rings when Gimli told Aragorn to toss him. And he did!

[@seanstewart6292]

i know devils night as cabbage night. where people go around throwing things on houses and in yards like eggs toilet paper, they also smash pumpkins if there are any nearby

[@revgurley]

Atlanta used to have a Peach Drop on New Years - big party downtown, food, music. But it got to be dangerous, so they stopped it. The other Georgia town just uses a dead, taxidermed opposum. No glittering lights, but it gets the job done. As a former Floridian, almost anything you hear about Florida Man is exactly what it's like living there. You've got deep south culture in the panhandle; a mix of elderly, and Latino, and perpetually drunk tourists in the middle; and "New York 2, The South Side" as Miami is mostly folks from NY or Cuba.

[@brianmiller616]

I am from a small town in Missouri about 15 miles from West Quincy. This flooded thousands of acres of farm land. And people's house . A barge went through the levee and struck a fuel tank that started a fire that went miles down river. I spent the next summer doing flood clean up for the Corp of Engineers.

[@violetception]

i saw the moonbow at cumberland falls this past spring, it was really amazing! same physics as a rainbow with the light refracting through the water/mist, except the light source is obviously the moon in this case. it was really beautiful.

[@sslerlin]

The three year old probably did a better job than any politician

[@desoraelowry8975]

Here in Pollock Pines, CA they say 'The snow on the Dogwood blossoms is the sign that the last snow has fallen for the season' 😊!!!

[@henryevenson8152]

Lewis thanks for another great and entertaining show.

[@IrishBrotato]

Another fun fact about California....in California its illegal to molest butterflies

[@mjkag1127]

Yet trying to make it OK for children. 🤔🤔🤔

[@IrishBrotato]

@@mjkag1127 what's ok for children??

[@Kailandra29]

​@@IrishBrotato That user is spreading misinformation.

[@CindyClaes]

That year Detroit was plagued by fires Flint was also hit hard. The Bay City Rollers got their name from the City in Michigan that I am from that's pretty crazy

[@f45125]

Dog pile on Florida! We have a very diverse population, especially South of Orlando. I am a 4th generation native. Floridians invented/discovered tanin (used in curing leather-from the cypress trees) Gatorade and Key Lime Pie.

[@RainbowCleft]

Kokomo story @8:08 scientists said that they aren't imagining it. I'm blaming this on the accent difference.

[@lt5976]

A moonbow or lunar rainbow. Pretty cool. Very rarely seen.

[@ancova1183]

Emperor Norton was basically an influencer, providing free advertising for the places who would accept his currency. It also helped him be more marketable because he had a famous feud with Mark Twain that made national headlines.

[@StrandedLifeform]

When the guy got to the 3 year old elected as mayor, Lewis stare and slow blink cracked me up. There is a video of a bunch of birds suddenly falling from the sky, unalived. I don't know if this was the same incident that the guy was talking about, but no one knows why this happened. Many theories from toxic chemicals released in the air, high winds, static electricity, sonic sounds from plane turbines and so many more have been mentioned, but it's still a mystery.

[@CinciEdits_WX]

Day 1 of asking l3wg to react to the 2011 Super Outbreak.

[@am74343]

The "Possum Drop" doesn't kill the possum. It is slowly lowered down in a clear box, like the Ball in Times Square in NYC.

[@MrCaptaincoffee]

I had to replay number 12 a couple times to make sure but the captions also say what i thought i heard. "The scientists say they aren't imagining it". Also didn't know about the Michigan bizarre fact, I was sure it was going to be about the Lake michigan triangle or the stonehenge in Lake Michigan. In fact that lake is just weird all together

[@CindyClaes]

They do say that we have a triangle and ships and planes have gone down there. I was waiting for the Bay City Rollers or something I was in the crowd when the mayor gave them the key to the city back in the 70's pretty crazy

[@MrCaptaincoffee]

@@CindyClaes wasn't around in the 70's but I do vaguely know the name Bay City Rollers. Still though, a stonehenge in Lake Michigan is nicer and still strange enough than youth causing fires.

[@CindyClaes]

@MrCaptaincoffee My point exactly Michigan is full of crazy stuff like that I believe we also have a 37 acre fungus which is claimed to be the biggest in the world so the fires just don't seem right when we have all of this other crazy stuff

[@charlesrogers4085]

Born in AZ and I have been to the Mystery Castle about 20+ times. The castle was built for his wife and daughter. He was going to bring them over once he finished but he passed before he could do so. As of now in 2024 the mystery castle foundation wants to sell the castle and turn the place into a parking lot and apartments and small business complex. Many of us in Phoenix are trying our best to have the Phoenix Mystery Castle not be torn down.

[@watrandy99]

I've been to the Mystery Castle in Phoenix, AZ several times. It is a worthy attraction to check out if ever you get to Phoenix.

[@tzarinaruths.2610]

In Cullman Alabama they hold a yearly Opossum Festival! Save the Opossums they eat all the bugs we hate!!!

[@amandareed6638]

Fun fact for Kentucky. The town Rabbit Hash has a dog, Wilber, as the mayor.

[@meganxeileen]

Hey! Tallapoosa mentioned! I live a few minutes from there. I havent been to the oppossum drop tho.

[@alb91878]

5:38 the possum was already dead and stuffed. They don't kill it, lol.

[@PaperFoxKenobi]

Grew up in a small town just outside of Kokomo. I’ve never heard about this noise.

[@plainjane1812]

In Memphis, we had Prince Mongo. He claimed he was a prince from the planet Zambodia. He put a toilet in his front yard to piss off the city council. (planted petunias in it I think) Ran for mayor and got a lot of votes. And he had a great pizza restaurant. He was crazy like a fox.

[@JIMBEARRI]

Lewis, Elijah Bond's name and dates are on the other side of that tombstone : Elijah Bond's Ouija Board Grave The truth is that Bond's grave originally had a very simple stone, but a fan of the game collected donations to pay for that elaborate stone in 2007.

[@cp368productions2]

It's NOT a game.

[@JIMBEARRI]

@@cp368productions2 Sorry, but it is published and sold as a GAME. No one who claims to be in possession of a rational mind would ever regard it as anything else.

[@reneascott6596]

I don't think the state I live in(Tennessee) is gonna be in part 1. Love your reaction videos, Lewis.....

[@JohnFleshman]

I cant wait to hear the Nevada fact... Should be interesting.

[@cherokeeguy9]

Nevada = Never had her in a southern accent.

[@timothyweers8054]

If Mike did a 25 weird things about Florida, there would be more parts to it than The Neverending Story. LOL

[@brucebruno842]

10:08 #8 Nicholas Cage bought a cemetery plot here in New Orlins (Orleans) because of the creative arts, and sense of or association with peace; which comes from us not bothering or staring at the visiting "celebrities". We have so many uber talented artists that it's normal, and they are just people just wanting to live their lives.

[@trapper54]

The birds hit an invisible UFO 👽

[@dmpvip]

The hum can be heard different cities all over the world. I think the most famous is the Taos, New Mexico hum. It's a real thing, scientists have detected it as a very low frequency sound that only some people can hear.

[@sarahfullerton6894]

Interesting tidbit about my suburb, noth of Chicago. In the 1920's the town had a "speakeasy", during prohibition!

[@allensanders5535]

back in the 70s kokomo use to be a very busy place about 40 mile north of Indianapolis.

[@manxkin]

I’m from Illinois and have never heard of the devil baby.

[@v2joecr]

He forgot about Stubbs the Cat in Alaska being the mayor of Talkeetna from 1997 to 2017 when it died.

[@timfeeley714-25]

I don't know about the devil baby, but Michael Kenyon the Illinois Enema Bandit is a pretty bizarre story.

[@akspook]

I have seen Nicholas Cage’s pyramid tomb.

[@countessdelancret2447]

I have got to drive down to Kentucky to catch the next lunar rainbow. It sounds amazing!❤

[@twagoner9]

Mayors in very small towns do very little so they are more symbolic. They are often small kids or pets like dogs and cats. We have towns in America with fewer than 20 residents. and a some with only 1 house, a post office, and very small store that is usually part of the post office.

[@robertdadabo9076]

Apparently it's been discovered where the humming noise was coming from in number 12. Had to do with the wind going through some things at the local airport, and some kind of plant.

[@Michelle-fh2dp]

Birds fell due to some violent weather probably.

[@TCFire-i4c]

Lol! "Some people" you always crack me up 😂 peace

[@yugioht42]

Orlando has the orange drop. It’s like the ball drop in New York but it’s orange. It’s to commemorate our citrus growing of the past.

[@Tracywhited2]

In all fairness little people are the ones that asked him to change the law. 😂😂😂.

[@BrianPasko]

All hail emperor Lewis 😂

[@ScribbleScrabbless]

Love these videos , but Lewis, you need to lysten a little more closely 😅

[@Banyo__]

Seriously...dude heard, "they toss a live possum off a building while people watch"...um no

[@janetsanford6923]

I have one from the 1993 flood, not really bizarre but maybe ironic. My sister worked at a gas (petro) station in a small town right by the Missouri river, the flood swept away the building but afterwards she still had the keys to the front door of the building, and before the flood reached the building (despite the community putting up sandbags) someone put up on the marque "gone fishing" (if I remember the sign made it on the national news and either Time or Newsweek magazine!) 😅

[@mattb.1357]

At least the three year old elected to be mayor would've been an honest one.He might have been the first honest politician

[@harryballsak1123]

Until you ask him if he took the cookies out of the cookie jar

[@srice8959]

The whole Midget Tossing thing is because some of the huge bars would have the Midget Toss championships during Spring Break, and they had also make it against the law to have Midgets at local Mexican restaurants who walked around with Chips, and Salsa on the top of their 10 Gallon Cowboy Hats

[@am74343]

Some people think the birds fell out of the sky in Beebe, Arkansas because they were flying near fireworks and the explosions liquified their insides.

[@SkibaDaBop]

I went to high-school in Kokomo Indiana and never heard the hum or knew anyone that did. Never even heard of it until this video.

[@neicreonas.383]

It's a stuffed possum, already dead. We're not that cruel here 😂😅

[@starparodier91]

BLUECIFER!!! I have a plushie of him 😂

[@brianlewis5692]

the guy who named Idaho once had a girlfriend named Ida, and....figure out the rest

[@scottpalmer9056]

I was born and raised in Idaho. I still live in Idaho, and this made me laugh out loud.

[@mattb.1357]

Fun fact is a reminder.Louis, all Carney's retire to florida after they are done with the circus

[@fishinwidow35]

My great uncle did. He worked for Barnum & Bailey

[@vladyvhv9579]

I'm from Kansas and never heard anything about this tree, and have been that way multiple times a year, for 44 years, because of family between where I live and a bit past that area. I would've thought a list like this might include something like Defender Days, where the people of Coffeyville still celebrate that time they killed the Dalton Gang.

[@TheSle12]

It’s a big deal around Wichita. The tree even has its own Facebook page! It was involved in a 4 car pile up this week. A tree doctor is being called in. It’s a beautiful tree that catches everyone’s attention for some reason. I do like your idea, though!

[@rachelleh5237]

I am from AR and I remember that. Very interesting

[@jacenjustice]

Detective L3 figuring out that 2028 is 200 years away. 😅

[@tommyv8584]

Yes! Dwarf tossing is considered a sport,you win by how far of a distance you a toss the little man and back in the 80’s it was sawn on television.

[@BTinSF]

Related to bumfights?

[@robertdadabo9076]

number 23 was actually made into a movie.

[@Robert-dc5vo]

As a person who lives in Illinois, I can confirm it was true. The baby had strange colored eyes and red veins poking out of the skin. Truly a shocking story.

[@BTinSF]

The dropped possum doesn't die; it's stuffed.

[@flattop223]

The opossum is stuffed it is a taxidermied possum, so it is not alive, it can't die again.

[@littledancingfawn]

someone with the last name kirk should move there and name their child Captain James T kirk. 😂

[@skylarkkralyks4496]

My city has a king. He takes his wardrobe inspiration from King Friday of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. He never orders anyone around, and he appears just to want to make people smile. If he had left a family in the dust, I would be surprised and saddened. I wave and smile when I see him, like most people do. Same with our local Batman. He has developmental disabilities and as an adult lives with his parents. He has participated in efforts to keep ordinary people safe from harm, and he panhandles so he can contribute to his household finances. I daresay he does more good than Bruce Wayne ever did.

[@KevinWynsma]

All hail his highness emperor lewis the first.

[@hilarygarrison6139]

A lot of mayorships are symbolic and don't involve them working.

[@michaelcitrak9977]

"Idaho" is very close the the phrase "I don't know." :-)

[@kristingibbs1454]

Tubbs for President!!! Lol.