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In American folklore, the Gumberoo is a
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with hide so tough that bullets bounce off of it.


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The gumberoo was described by early lumberjacks to be larger than a bear with a tough, shiny, black hide that nothing could pierce. The only way to kill it was said to be
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, which caused the creatures to explode. It is said that a man named S. W. Allen once took a picture of a gumberoo but the negative then exploded.


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