Bizarre Vintage Inventions That Prove Our Ancestors Were High

13. The Mechanical Horse for Urban Cowboys

In the 1930s, urbanites who longed for a western lifestyle but feared manure were offered the “Mechano-Horse.” It was a motorized saddle atop a giant spring that bounced you around your living room like a bucking bronco. Yee-haw?

Ads claimed it improved balance and “strengthened the spine.” In practice, it mostly bruised tailbones and shattered furniture. The thing was impossible to steer and had no speed control. If your ancestors wanted cowboy vibes without leaving home, this was their rodeo—and their chiropractor’s dream.

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