| A "fakelore" is a story or a character that is | | | | the biggest tornado of all time. He rode it and |
| presented as folklore but is really not. For a story | | | | stayed on top of it for a very long time, but |
| of a concept to be part of folklore, it has to be | | | | eventually he fell off the tornado. There is a great |
| handed down by generations so that the origin of | | | | collection of big, loud stories about Pecos Bill. |
| the lore is very much unclear. A fakelore is | | | | Nobody knows pretty much where the majority |
| something that was invented or created lately but | | | | of the stories are from. |
| took on a form similar to folklore. It doesn't | | | | It is said that the writer Edward J. O'Reilly created |
| necessarily have to be bad or misleading. It is | | | | this character in the early 1900s. The stories |
| simply used to differentiate it from other | | | | were so funny and fantastic that it got so |
| established folklores. | | | | popular. Later on, the stories got changed a bit as |
| Pecos Bill is a popular character in American | | | | they were told to other folks by the people who |
| fakelore. He is one heck of a cowboy. His | | | | read about Pecos Bill or who heard about him. |
| reputation is that he can ride anything. He can ride | | | | Later on still, a whole new crop of Pecos Bill |
| the wildest of broncos like it was standing still. He | | | | stories surfaced and joined the old ones. The |
| was the toughest, slickest cowboy there ever | | | | stories in existence today could very well be a |
| was. The only time that he was thrown down | | | | collaborative works of Americans from the early |
| riding something was when he tried riding a | | | | 1900s. Today, Pecos Bill is very much a symbol of |
| tornado. This was in Kansas, USA long time ago. | | | | the USA as the USA flag. |
| Of course, this was no ordinary tornado. This was | | | | |