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| Giant Bears (page 2) |
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| Smokey Bear International Falls, MN |
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| This Smokey Bear statue stands 26 feet tall and is accompanied by two smaller cubs. This fiberglass statue was created by Gordon Displays in 1954. Smokey has been dressed in different shirts over the years. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. |
| A&W Great Root Bear Lancaster, WI |
A&W Great Root Bear Neillsville, WI |
Stoney Bear Robertsdale, AL |
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The A&W Great Root Bear character was introduced in Canada in 1974. The mascot wasn't used in the U.S. until later. I don't know how many of these statues were made but I don't think A&W is making them anymore. The only other location that I know of with one of these statues is in Pine Island, MN. There is or was a similar statue in Bangkok, Thailand.
Stoney Bear is a repainted A&W Great Root Bear statue. It stands in front of Stoneworks, a building materials business. |
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More Bears:
Bear (Union, MI) Bear (DuBois, WY) Koala Bear (Victoria, Australia) |
| Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo Bear & Ranger Smith Rocky Mount, NC |
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These Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo Bear and Ranger Smith statues once stood at a Yogi Bear's Honey Fried Chicken restaurant. These statues now stand in front of someone's house. The restaurant chain built locations in the Southeast in the 1960s and 1970s. The only location left is in Hartsville, SC. The statues were based on Yogi Bear cartoon characters from the 1960s. This Yogi Bear statue is much older than most of the ones at Jellystone Parks (see below). His open mouth was a popular nesting place for birds so it was changed in later models. These statues of Yogi with the drumstick, as well as those of Ranger Smith, Boo-Boo Bear and Cindy Bear (missing from this group) are very rare. These might be the only ones left from the restaurant chain.
From the 1970s until 2007, there were a bunch of these Yogi Bear's Honey Fried Chicken statues at a truck stop in Halifax, NC. It's possible that these Rocky Mount statues came from there before the rest of them were destroyed. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. According to this source, there were Yogi Bear Hamburgers restaurants in Sacramento and Carmichael, CA in the late 1960s that used these Yogi Bear and Ranger Smith statues as well. |
| Jellystone Park Mill Run, PA |
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The Jellystone Park Camp Resort chain was established in 1969 and now has 70 locations in 27 states and Canada. For more, see this website.
I believe this Mill Run location has more Yogi Bear and related statues than any of the other locations. There are two basket-holding Yogi Bears (one much bigger than the other), one running Yogi, two Cindy Bear statues (one with a flower on her head, the other without), one Ranger Smith, and one Boo-Boo Bear. There is also an unrelated Cowboy and Bronco statue. There are Ranger Smith and Cindy Bear statues in Unger, WV. I believe they came from a Jellystone Park. |
| Jellystone Park Eureka, MO |
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| I believe the entrance gate and sign are unique to this Jellystone Park. |
| Jellystone Park Wisconsin Dells, WI |
Jellystone Park Caledonia, WI |
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I believe the sign at the Jellystone Park in Wisconsin Dells is unique. I haven't been inside but the park's website shows some statues.
The Jellystone Park in Caledonia features three Yogi Bear statues, a Cindy Bear, and a Ranger Smith. I might have missed a Boo-Boo Bear statue which was there in 2008. These photos are from 2011. |
| Jellystone Park Fort Atkinson, WI |
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| This Jellystone Park features all the characters. There is a giant Yogi Bear, two other Yogis, a Boo-Boo Bear, a Cindy Bear, and a Ranger Smith. |
| Yogi Bear Cave City, KY |
Yogi Bear Emporia, VA |
Yogi Bears Brandon, SD |
Yogi Bear Seaside Heights, NJ |
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The Cave City Yogi Bear stands in front of this Jellystone Park Camp Resort. There are several other identical statues on the property. For more, see their website.
The Emporia Yogi Bear is also at a Jellystone Park. For more, see their website. The Brandon Yogi Bears are also at a Jellystone Park. The first statue shown above has a different shaped face, foot position, and appears to have held something aloft in his right hand. There is another statue of this design in Kingston, NS. For more, see their website. The Seaside Heights Yogi Bear is on the Pier with several other statues of people and animals. I have never seen a Yogi Bear statue with his arms akimbo like this. |
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More Jellystone Park statues:
Luray, VA Wiarton, ON |
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