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| Nutty the Squirrel Longview, WA |
Henry the Squirrel Brainerd, MN |
Kampy the Squirrel Middlebury, VT |
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Nutty the Squirrel is a wood carving, about 8' tall. He stands in a park near the Nutty Narrows Bridge. The bridge was built as a squirrel crossing in 1963 by Amos Peters. This Nutty the Squirrel statue was installed as a tribute to Peters in 2001. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [photo thanks Mark Comstock]
Henry the Squirrel was originally at the Paul Bunyan Amusement Center. When that park closed in 2003, this statue along with many others were moved to Paul Bunyan Land down the road. For more, see their website. [photo thanks Mark Comstock] Kampy the Squirrel is located at Kampersville, a campground on Lake Dunmore. For more, see their website. |
| Squirrel and Badger Birnamwood, WI |
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| This Squirrel and Badger were once part of the Badger Country gas station. The Badger was perched on the roof of the convenience store which was disguised as a mound of dirt. The gas station closed in the late 1990s and was replaced with the Northern Exposure Gentleman's Club. The Badger was moved down to the ground and reduced in height. The Squirrel's log was once a drive-in gas pump shelter but its ends are now closed off. For more, see these websites: 1, 2. |
| Giant Pig Shakespeare, ON |
Giant Pig Topanga Canyon, CA |
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This Shakespeare Pig is installed in front of the Best Little Pork Shoppe. For more, see their website.
This Topanga Canyon Pig is mounted on a pole in someone's yard. |
| Pig Chef Lake George, NY |
Giant Pig Cincinnati, OH |
Giant Pig Brooklyn, NY |
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This Pig Chef is just one of many giant statues at Magic Forest. For another Pig Chef statue, see this place in California. I assume these figures were used at BBQ restaurants - perhaps a chain?
The Cincinnati Pig stands outside the BBQ Revue. The place also features a 1947 New York Central dining car as an ice cream stand (the Budd Ice Cream Car). For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. The Brooklyn Pig stands on the roof with a giant cow at Giuseppe's Meat Market. There are other pigs of this type in Salisbury, MD and another in Brooklyn, NY. |
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Pigeon Forge, TN |
| Prairie Dog Cactus Flats, SD |
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| The Prairie Dog is 12' tall and made of cement. It was erected in 1951 in front of the "Ranch Store", a souvenir shop. The store sells peanuts to feed the resident prairie dogs next to the parking lot. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. |
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Oakley, KS |
| Armadillo Schertz, TX |
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| The Schertz Armadillo stands in front of Bussey's Flea Market. He is 15' long and made of fiberglass. For more, see this website. |
| Armadillo Houston, TX |
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| The 20' long Houston Armadillo stands on the patio in front of Goode's Armadillo Palace. The restaurant/nightclub opened in 2005. The stainless steel armadillo has glowing red eyes and blows smoke from his nose. For more, see their website. |
| Hippo Hutto, TX |
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| This 7-ton Hippo was originally created for a miniature golf course. Instead, she became Hutto's main tourist attraction. She was named Henrietta and a photo-op staircase was built next to her. About 80 smaller hippos have been decorated and scattered around town (the two lower right photos are examples). This hippo-mania can be traced back to 1915 when a hippo escaped from a circus train in Hutto and found her way to the local creek where she refused to budge for days. The hippo is also the mascot for Hutto High School. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
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