This meme highlights some of the absolutely wild news stories that come out of Florida

What's going on over there, Florida?
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Sam Haysom
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This meme highlights some of the absolutely wild news stories that come out of Florida
Florida is a beautiful place. But it's also a strange one. Credit: Getty Images

Strange stories come from every corner of the world -- but there do seem to be certain, specific areas that produce a higher-than-average number of "man bites dog"-style reports.

Florida is one of them.

Anyone who's ever read a headline with the words "Florida man" in it will know this, but if you do still have doubts, behold: a new meme has arisen.

Although that game is currently going viral on Twitter, it actually appears to have been born on Tumblr a week or so ago, when it was posted by a user called gandalfsoda.

At the time of writing, around 30,000 people have responded to the tweet above. Some of the results are fairly dark, but a huge number are just plain bizarre.

Here's a small selection...

(The final part of that headline, if you can't see it, reads: "...promises him pizza", by the way.)

Best head over to Google and see what yours is, stat.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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