Listed below are some of the most popular local legends in the history of Klamath Falls and the surrounding area. Click on each title to find out if the legend is fact or fiction . . . or something in between.

Midges were introduced to the Klamath Basin as part of an effort to crowd out mosquitoes.

The government once tried to eradicate suckers from throughout the Klamath Basin.

The municipal swimming pool in Klamath Falls was built with money from the red-light district.

It's been known to snow on the Fourth of July in Klamath Falls.

An old city ordinance -- still on the books -- makes its illegal to kick the heads off of snakes.

Frozen ducks fell from the sky one day in Klamath Falls.

There are no falls in Klamath Falls.

A series of tunnels exists beneath the downtown area in Klamath Falls.

Klamath County was once part of an effort to form a new state called the "State of Jefferson."

Salmon once migrated all the way up the Klamath River watershed to Upper Klamath Lake.

Link River is the shortest river in the world.