Town mayor wants to stage faux hangings

The mayor of Medora, North Dakota has proposed installing a gallows outside his home to stage mock hangings for tourists.

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My vision is to stage a shooting, where I'd gun down someone in the street, have a trial and a hanging, all within 20 or so minutes," he said. "Anything longer than that and the tourists would lose interest…"

The mock hangings, which would be held on the weekends, "will be a great chance to interpret our history, and I think it will be one of the big attractions," he said.

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