North Carolina
Ohio
Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
This installation of the Call of Duty series sold 8.8 million copies in its first months release
Modern Warfare 3
Being deemed immoral, touching on racial issues, it's use of racial slurs, and it's sexual content led to this 1960 books ban
To Kill A Mockingbird
Claimed to live in Scotland, and affectionately nicknamed "Nessie"
The Loch Ness Monster
He who called North Carolina home and ransacked ships off the coast in the early 1700s
Blackbeard
Hannibal, Face, Murdock, and B.A.
The A-Team
This 1949 books social and political themes along with its sexual content were found to be too controversial. The book was challenged for being pro-communism
1984 - George Orwell
Believed to be responsible for the 1967 Silver bridge collapse, West Virginia has a statue of this half-human half-insect creature
The Mothman
A lovely flowering tree with pink and white blooms representing North Carolina
Dogwood
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private
The Penguins of Madagascar
This 1954 book about stranded schoolboys was banned because of its portrayal of violence, racial slurs, profanity, and themes exploring human savagery, bullying, and moral decline
Lord of the Flies
A creature portrayed in many forms of media as a terror of the ocean. Any sailor would be weary to encounter while sailing
The Kraken
Overlooking a stretch of the graveyard of the Atlantic the tallest lighthouse in the United States is situated in North Carolinas outer banks
Cape Hatteras
Egon, Winston, Peter, and Ray
Ghostbusters
This Pulitzer Prize winning novel with a swastika on the cover depicting historical horrors of the Holocaust was banned due to it's controversial depiction of profanity, nudity, and violence
Maus
Rooted in Algonquin folklore, often described as an evil, cannibalistic spirit that haunts the forests of North America. Appearing gaunt with glowing eyes
Wendigo
In January 1961 a Boeing B-52 crash landed in Goldsboro, NC carrying and dropping a payload of these items
2 - 3.8 Megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs
Otto, Reggie, Maurice, Sam
Rocket Power
Banned for its occult themes, otherwise seen as promoting Satanism. Its discussion of magic is seen as anti-Christian, and ruffled feathers by including actual curses and spells in the text
The Harry Potter Series
Native to New Jersey, described as having the head of a horse, wings of a bat, and hooves
The Jersey Devil