Hellwinkle

Texas has a beer-drinking giant armadillo named Cooter. Minnesota has Hellwinkle (or more formally "Hellwinkle J. Moose"), a moose whose size varies considereably from one telling to the next. Some stories present him as simply a massive speciman of moosedom, others have him weighing in at about the same size as a Volkswagen microbus. Apart from the size variations, most of the other details from Hellwinkle sightings agree enough to suggest a single creature rather than a whole heard of mutant moooses.   In addition to being non-specifically massive, Hellwinkle is described as having mangey fur with sickly radiation-burned skin showing through several bald patches. His right eye is cloudy with cataracts and his right side is scarred and branded in a pattern that many have observed to closely resemble the front grill of a Peterbilt semi truck. His antlers are perpetually scarred and chipped from viciously attacking just about anything that moves within his immediate vicinity.   Hellwinkle sightings are concentrated in northern Minnesota along the Canadian wall, but he has also been reported in parts of North Dakota and Wisconsin. Hellwinkle's primary trait seems to be hunger and he doesn't limit himself to organic matter, reportedly enjoying a diet more similar to a goat than a typical moose. Some stories even claim that Hellwinkle is perfectly capable of eating radioactive material, belching up clouds of deadly nuclear gases for several days afterward.