The Mississippi Mudcat is a creature that was given life by the Chinese success in bombing and irradiating the source of the Mississippi River. One of the primary Minnesota targets was the Lake Itasca area. Lake Itasca is the source of the Mississippi River, the great river that bisects the American Wasteland. With radiation flowing down from the river's source, much wildlife was wiped out. One thing to survive, however, was the Mississippi Catfish. This animal not only survived, but millions of years of evolution allowed it to adapt and thrive. The already large size of this fish increased to the point where it could remove a man's arm with a chomp of it's powerful toothy jaws. It's side fins grew stronger and claws formed, allowing it to drag itself with speed and aggression across the m