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Jimmy Carter rabbit incident Grail", which includes scenes of a killer rabbit slaying humans, led to some people describing Carter as having "fended off a killer rabbit" instead. The incident was parodied in 1980 in a song by the folk singer Tom Paxton entitled "I Don't Want a Bunny Wunny". Humor columnist Dave Barry has often referred to the "enormous swimming rabbit" incident in his writings. In "Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States", he names it the uncontested single most memorable event of Carter's presidency. Jimmy Carter rabbit incident The Jimmy Carter rabbit incident, dubbed the "killer rabbit"