Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut seems to have a strangely specific pickle preference. A pickle cannot be sold in Connecticut unless it bounces. Yes, you read that correctly. According to an article released in 1948, this law was necessary after two scammers tried selling pickles that were “unfit for human consumption”.
At the time, the Food and Drug Commissioner in Connecticut proclaimed that a real pickle “should bounce” when dropped from the height of one foot. As they say, the rest is history.
Washington
Washington
Washington has another strange law. It’s illegal to kill Bigfoot. In 1969, Skamania County in Washington passed a law that said: “slaying of Bigfoot to be a felony and punishable by 5 years in prison.”
Later on, the law was amended, designating Bigfoot as an endangered species.