Brasstown, known as the Possum Capital of the South, for years hosted the annual Possum Drop in which a live possum in a Plexiglas cage was lowered to celebrate the coming of the New Year. ERIK S.

Guy Sinclair of Graham writes: “I grew up in Georgia and when I was young, my father’s family would get together the weekend after Christmas to enjoy hot and hearty bowls of possum stew. Possums have ...

LITCHFIELD — tThe 28th Annual Possum Queen Contest returns to the Litchfield Inn on Monday, Jan. 1, welcoming guests starting at 12 p.m. for an afternoon of fun, music and merriment. The ...

WINSTED — For the last 33 years, the Possum Queen Contest has brought families and friends together for a New Year's Day celebration. This year, the 34th annual event will have live entertainment, a ...

Eat More Possum! In North Florida, you see that bumper sticker on the backs of rusty Ford pickups and shiny new Cadillacs. Country folks have always been ahead of us city mice when it comes to ...

For most of the past 20 years, a live animal has been used in a small North Carolina town's annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop. But this year, following challenges from People for the Ethical Treatment ...

A Western North Carolina community savored a controversial holiday tradition down to the final drop – of the opossum. Organizers of the Brasstown “Possum Drop” have ended the 24-year-old ritual of ...