People Are Only Now Just Discovering What Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is Shaped Like

Ask just about anyone and they'll immediately tell you that Michigan is shaped like a mitten. It is, sort of. The Lower Peninsula is mitten-shaped. But what about the state's Upper Peninsula.

The question came up recently on Reddit, and while the answer may seem obvious to you, it may not be to everyone. The Original Poster on Reddit says:

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I’m the only Michigander in my group of friends and they asked what we call the upper peninsula- and I couldn’t provide a good answer?

I remember being told it was a sock as a kid, but let’s be honest, thats fully not correct. So,, what is it??

Side note, my friends find it hilarious we call ourselves “Michiganders.” I think they’re jealous.

So what is it? If you said instantly rabbit jumping, you are going with conventional wisdom. But like clouds in the sky, stare long enough and you may just see something else. Here are several other things people say the Upper Peninsula looks like.

Another Mitten - left hand turned sideways

Finger Guns

Snowmobile

Shark

Dog

Billy Goat

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And to each person who has an opinion on what the Upper Peninsula is shaped like holds that opinion very strongly.

For wondering how to see the correct opinion of the rabbit leaping here's how: the western tip of the UP at Ironwood is the leading nose of the rabbit's head. The Keweenaw Peninsula is the bunny's ears pushed back by the wind. The southernmost tip of the UP at Menominee is the rabbit's front legs extended in the jump and the eastern half of the UP is the rabbit's lithe body in flight with tucked back legs at St Ignace at the foot of the Mackinac Bridge.

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