The Jimmy Carter rabbit incident, sensationalized as the "killer rabbit attack" by the press, involved a swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) that aggressively swam toward U.S. president …

Dec 29, 2024 · In August 1979, Brooks Jackson, a reporter for The Associated Press, broke the news that a “killer rabbit” had attacked President Jimmy Carter.

Dec 30, 2024 · When Carter told this story to his aides and friends from Georgia, they didn’t believe him because “rabbits don’t swim.” So he had a photo of the rabbit enlarged to prove …

Dec 30, 2024 · Jimmy Carter’s run-in with a swamp rabbit on a Georgia pond became a metaphor for a sinking White House term.

Dec 30, 2024 · President of the United States Jimmy Carter in a boat in Plains, Georgia, chasing away a swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus). This led to the "Jimmy Carter rabbit incident."

Mar 7, 2024 · Carter himself downplayed the incident, describing his supposed attacker as “just a nice, quiet, typical Georgia rabbit” that was likely fleeing from a predator.

Dec 29, 2024 · Former United States President Jimmy Carter, who held the highest office in the US from January 1977 to January 1981, passed away at the age of 100 on Sunday, January …

Dec 30, 2024 · In April 1979 the Bee Gees are playing on the radio, Deer Hunter has just swept the Oscars — and for one afternoon in Georgia, the biggest threat to US president Jimmy …

Nov 30, 2023 · In 1979 an agitated rabbit, hissing and baring its teeth, swam up to President Jimmy Carter’s boat while he was fishing in Georgia. Rabbits typically don’t swim, but this …

On August 30, 1979, some bad news broke for President Jimmy Carter. It involved Carter’s fending off a rabbit on a fishing trip in southwest Georgia back in April. What appeared to be …