Believe
I saw 3 of these objects, first reported near Mt. Rainier in June 1947, hovering over my house last night
UFOs (or Flying Saucers)
It touches four of the Great Lakes
Michigan
You can spell this port, France's second-largest city, with or without an "S" at the end
Marseilles
Folsom Prison is about 20 miles from this state capital on Highway 50; don't pick up any hitchhikers!
Sacramento
A safety exercise to rehearse evacuating a building in the event of an emergency
fire drill
My luggage was lost & I'm convinced it's now in this region named for a British Atlantic isle
The Bermuda Triangle
Its shape reminds me of one of those big foam fingers at sporting events
Idaho
De Gaulle said "Only peril" can unify the French: "One can't impose unity... on a country that has 265 kinds of" this
Cheese
Now a cliche about prison life, these automobile identifiers have been manufactured at Folsom since 1947
License Plates
An emergency water connection on a street
Fire Hydrant
Last time I was fishing in Scotland I hooked this large, ancient plesiosaur & she got away with my best lure
Nessie (Loch Ness Monster)
The combined area of all the other New England states would fit inside this largest New England state
Maine
In 1811, this French emperor turned Mont Saint Michel's monastery into a prison; you can see why it'd be tough to escape
Napoleon
Opened in 1880, Folsom is now the second-oldest California prison, behind only this one
San Quentin
A security system designed to prevent unwelcome hacking on your computer
a firewall
Hold onto your bug spray--I saw one of these insect/human creatures Richard Gere sought in a movie
Mothman
It's the smallest state in the Deep South
South Carolina
It borders France between Germany & Belgium
Luxembourg
This '60s radical psychologist & LSD advocate was imprisoned at Folsom for a time in a cell next to Charles Manson
(Timothy) Leary
When this is done as a religious ceremony, as in India, it's frowned on to accompany it with "Oh! Ow! Ooh!!"
firewalking
I saw one of these hare/antelope hybrids in Johnny's dressing room just now & he called it by name!
Jackalope
Eight other states were formed all or in part from territory this state once claimed
Virginia
With the 1960 test of Gerboise Bleue, France became the fourth of these, joining the U.S., U.S.S.R. & U.K.
a nuclear power
This African-American radical turned preacher wrote "Soul on Ice" while imprisoned at Folsom
Eldridge Cleaver
They're the "F" in ATF
firearms