I really want to see one!

No, never but they are rabbit mutants that suffer from a breeding disease. They literally grow horns from their heads.

I saw one in south dakota

the reason this animal has become a legend is because the rabbit suffers from a s.p. virus causing horn shaped growths out of their heads...no not like antlers (which the legend says) but they do resemble horns....except there are like 5-15 of the growths.

1) Yes, you can buy them in gift shops in Munich, they are called Wolpertinger in Bavaria. 2) "The jackalope — also called an antelabbit, aunt benny, Wyoming thistled hare or stagbunny — in folklore is said to be a cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope (hence the name), goat, or deer, and is usually portrayed as a rabbit with antlers. Some believe that the tales of jackalopes were inspired by sightings of rabbits infected with the Shope papillomavirus, which causes the growth of horn- and antler-like tumors in various places on the rabbit's head and body. However, creatures such as the griffin and the chimera perhaps suggest that the concept of an animal hybrid occurs in many cultures. One common southwestern species of jackrabbit is called the antelope jackrabbit, because of its ability to run quickly like an antelope; it would have been easy enough to imagine instead (for comic effect) that this jackrabbit had the horns of an antelope." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope Further information: http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~hollidac/jacksforreal.html 3) "The Wolpertinger (Crisensus bavaricus) (also called "Wolperdinger", "Poontinger" or "Woiperdinger") is an animal said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria in Germany. It has body parts of various animals — generally wings, antlers, and fangs, all attached to the body of a small mammal. The most widespread description is that of a horned rabbit or a horned squirrel. It is similar to the Rasselbock of the Thuringian Forest, the Elwedritsche of the Palatinate region, which is described as a chicken-like creature with antlers, and to the American invention of the jackalope, as well as to the Swedish Skvader. Stuffed Wolpertingers, composed of parts of real stuffed animals, are often displayed in inns or sold to tourist as souvenirs in the animals' "native regions". The Wolpertinger is not a typical cryptid, as local people probably never believed in its existence. Rather, it is some kind of traditional joke, as is evident from the many stuffed Wolpertingers displayed in village inns along with real hunting trophies, which have been fabricated deliberately in order to make fun of gullible foreigners who may want to go hunting for this remarkable animal. Like the jackalope, the Wolpertinger is thought to have been inspired by sightings of wild rabbits infected with the Shope papilloma virus, which causes the growth of antler-like tumors in various places on the rabbit's head and body." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolpertinger

I saw one when i was driving across arizona at night. it was big like a jack rabbit. it had antlers on its head like a deer. it might have been a deer. except it was lower to the road and it hopped like a rabbit. my wife said i was seeing things because i was so sleepy and wouldnt give up the steering wheel. the funny thing is i seen one on the wall of the last gas station we filled up at.

Yes. I have seen one. I was in Camp Bullis near San Antonio, Texas. I was there for Army medic training, pulling night watch. Just after I checked in with the Drill Sgt. I was walking back towards my post, and I saw a jack rabbit with antlers. At that point I had no idea what it was, so I asked some friends who lived in San Antonio about it a few days later, and they laughed and said it was a jackalope. It was definitely not any kind of tumor or growth. These were real antlers. Now, it may have been a cruel trick someone was playing with this jack rabbit, but I will go to my grave believing I saw one.