The folks over in Talkeetna, Alaska, get up to moose related mischief every year during their Moose Dropping Festival. The festival is traced back to 1972 when a few of the local lads were living it up in the local saloon and thinking of ways to attract tourists to Talkeetna. Being inspired by other animal themed festivals in the States, they turned their attention to the moose – or more specifically, its poop. First they hit the forests to collect moose droppings. Then they baked them in the oven and sprayed them in varnish. The first game they created was a moose “nugget” tossing contest which involved tossing the varnished moose droppings onto a board with numbers. At the end of the game, the numbers were tallied up and the person with the highest number was awarded a prize.