![]() The shelves were stocked with Bible playing cards, Bible pens, Bible cases, decorative plates depicting Jesus and books with titles like The Blood Atonement, The Last Judgment of the Unsaved Dead, and Lionproof: Keeping Your Children From the Claw of the Devil… Mock yellow street signs hung on a chain above my head-CHIHUAHUA CROSSING, DEER CROSSING, CAT CROSSING-and a plush snake twisted himself around the chain, waiting to tempt me into a fallen world. The bookstore overflowed with porcelain animal figurines, animal throw pillows, teddy bears and other plush stuffed animals: purple penguins with pink polka-dotted chests a white dog with aqua spots and a blue and yellow koala. As it turned out, he was the first of many artificial animals I would encounter before gaining access to the real thing. It seemed that the bear itself was intended to represent the taxidermy museum, which was not explicitly mentioned. On the sidewalk outside the bookshop, a large plastic black bear welcomed me with a sign around its neck: Taxidermied animals, in fact-over four hundred in total, which, according to the website of the museum I was about to enter, were incontrovertible evidence of “God’s creation.” I was curious to see this static universe. I was there to see animals that had entered their own hall of fame, in a manner of speaking. ![]() The Pinehurst Resort alone has nine golf courses. The nearby town of Pinehurst has hosted the U.S. The North Carolina Museum of Creation and Taxidermy Hall of Fame is located in a Christian bookstore in Southern Pines, a region known primarily for its golf resorts. Taxidermy, Museum of Creation, Bible playing cards, Jackalopes, porcupines, badgers, purple penguins, Carl Akeley, Museum of Natural History, animal throw pillows, the static universe, Ford Taurus & the Claw of the Devil.
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