Jimmy Carter rabbit incident
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The Jimmy Carter rabbit incident, sensationalized as the "killer rabbit attack" by the press, involved a swamp rabbit that aggressively swam toward U.S. president Jimmy Carter's fishing boat on April
April 20, 1979, White House photo of Carter and the rabbit from the Carter Library
Close-up of the rabbit cropped from the White House photo
Johnboat
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A johnboat or jon boat is a flat-bottomed boat constructed of aluminum, fiberglass, wood, or polyethelene with one, two, or three seats, usually bench type. They are suitable for fishing, hunting and
Jimmy Carter rabbit incident
…Jackson learned of the story months later. On April 20, 1979, during a few days of vacation in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Carter was fishing in a johnboat (sometimes erroneously described as a canoe) in a pond on his farm, when he saw a swamp rabbit, which Carter later speculated was fleeing from a predator…
A johnboat in Florida, 1972
A small modern johnboat in the bed of a pickup truck