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Lufkin

A photo of a person's legs and feet wearing a white dress, stocking and ruby slippers, with a picnic basket holding a dog plush (meant to be Toto) rests nearby.

Strangest State: There’s No Place Like … Texas

What's weirder than K-Pax? Not much, but here's a couple of other Lone Star oddities.

by Texas Observer Staff

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"Big Mo," the African spurred tortoise who escaped his dwelling in Lufkin, has new digs: a giant turtle-sized "wooden saloon in an Old West Style," with room to grow. Feb 25, 2016

Strangest State: A Ghostly Cat, Recumbent Rudeness and a Turtle on the Lam

by Patrick Michels

Strangest State: Fifty Shades and the Virgin Mary

by Patrick Michels

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