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Duck, Duck, Michigan!

duckduckmichigan.com ↗ · Weird Finds · score 84.0
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A traveling-duck project where people across Michigan find, photograph, journal, and re-hide small ducks for the next participant.

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Each duck carries an ID and a travel journal: finders record where they found it, why a place matters, and where they will leave it next. The 24-hour re-hide rule turns a simple kindness project into a distributed Michigan-wide story with real-world participation.

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