Hoaxes and legends of upstate New York
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Hoaxes and legends of upstate New York
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Hoaxes and legends have played a significant role in the history of upstate New York. For example: The Cardiff Giant, buried and "discovered" in the Onondaga County hamlet of Cardiff, attracted such attention from the public, and from writers such as Mark Twain and L. Frank Baum that P. T. Barnum made a copy which toured the country with his circus.
Champ is the name given to a reputed lake monster living in Lake Champlain. The village of Port Henry has erected a giant model of Champ and holds "
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