So what is happening in Angels Camp? Frogs and what.... lead shot? It is alleged to have happened 130+years ago according to Mark Twain. It happened on Main St in Angels Camp right outside the Angels Hotel currently known as Calaveras Coin & Pawn. Its documented as found below.
He ketched a frog one day, and took him home, and said he cal'klated to edercate him; and so he never done nothing for three months but set in his back yard and learn that frog to jump. And you bet you he did learn him, too.
How can we not care about a frog that jumps really high except when he is force-fed lead shot? But really, this tale proves to us the power of storytelling, and that just about anything can be fascinating, if it is told well (and with an accent).
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