It was a regular barbecue, but for the deep-frozen muskrats that lay thawing on the table next to the survival guide. The bookmarked page began with the instructions: “Start eviscerating the animal by ...

Just when I thought I'd seen it all, my Syracuse University intern Garrick Otero made me aware of this video done by the Washington Post back in 2008. The subject is a Miss Outdoors competition, with ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Richard Plunkett’s abstract art is unusual – it includes the skinning of dead animals. Also unusual was the manner in which the New Springville resident tried to interact with a ...

Dakota Abbott, 16, edged Samantha Phillips, 17, to become Miss Outdoors 2008 in February in Maryland's Eastern Shore region's annual beauty-contest-and-muskrat-skinning festival. The two were the only ...

GOLDEN HILL, Md. -- Contestant No. 1 sashayed down the catwalk, her hair bouncing in blonde curls, and smiled a radiant beauty-queen smile. She picked up a furry dead rodent about the size of a ...

Contestant No. 1 sashayed down the catwalk, her hair bouncing in blonde curls, and smiled a radiant smile. She picked up a furry dead rodent about the size of a football. Then she took out a very ...

Shin-deep in the icy muck, Tim Evans reaches a gloved hand into a watery hole and fishes out his treasure: a sodden mass of dark hair and claws, with four tiny, yellow incisors, a long rubbery tail, ...

GOLDEN HILL Before a cheering crowd of nearly 500 people, reigning muskrat-skinning champions Ronnie Robbins of Fishing Creek and Helen Foxwell of Hurlock each held on to their titles Saturday during ...