During WWII, the town of Pascagoula was plagued by a series of mysterious nighttime haircuts. A panic erupted when girls, particularly blondes, would wake up to find part of their hair had been cut, or in some cases, their whole heads had been shaved. The "Phantom Barber" was never caught, so not too much is known beyond a few scattered clues, including a man's footprint found in a victim's room.
The rarest of North American cranes lives in Mississippi in the grassy savannas of Jackson County. The Mississippi Sandhill Crane stands about 44 inches tall and has an eight-foot wingspan.
Root beer was invented in Biloxi in 1898 by Edward Adolf Barq, Sr.
After the Civil War, famed hat maker John B. Stetson learned and practiced his trade at Dunn's Falls near Meridian.