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Mosquito Festival Heats Up Arkansas Park Contest
At Crowley's Ridge State Park in northeast Arkansas a duck calling contest drew 200 spectators and swarms of mosquitoes in 1984. Larry Clifford recalls how a teenage contestant won by coaxing skeeters with a quip. The annual festival now features a World Champion Mosquito Calling Contest and a cook-off open to the public with judged recipes from across the United States and beyond.
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Arkansas
Larry Clifford
Crowley’s Ridge State Park
Ducky
Skeeter
Clifford
United States
Canada
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
U.S. Center For Disease Control