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| Giant Pigs |
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| Giant Pig Shakespeare, ON |
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| This Pig is installed in front of the Best Little Pork Shoppe. For more, see this website. |
| Flying Pig Topanga Canyon, CA |
Flying Pig Simi Valley, CA |
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This Flying Pig in Topanga Canyon is mounted on a pole in someone's yard. Since this photo was taken in 2008, the concrete pig was painted black for awhile. It has been repainted pink and has been joined by several other similar pigs. These were created by Chris Budzin. He sells the pig sculptures for about $420. He has also produced donkeys and elephants. For more, see their website.
The Flying Pig in Simi Valley was also created by Budzin. It is located in a residential area on Box Canyon Road. One of Budzin's pink elephants is also located on the same property. |
| Flying Pigs Assumption, IL |
Pigs Onsted, MI |
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These Flying Pigs are located at Kuhle Ford. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.
The Pigs in Onsted are located at Randy's Roadside Bar-B-Que. |
| Pig Chef Lake George, NY |
Pig Chef Gilroy, CA |
Giant Pig Moweaqua, IL |
Giant Pig Sioux Falls, SD |
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The Pig Chef statue at Lake George is just one of the many giant statues at Magic Forest.
The Gilroy Pig Chef is installed on the roof of the Cove restaurant which became Cafe 152 in 2007. For more, see this website. The Pig Chef in Moweaqua stands at the parking lot entrance of the Moweaqua Foods supermarket. The Pig Chef statue in Sioux Falls is located at the Sioux Falls Stockyards Hog Division. There is another Pig Chef in Haddon Heights, NJ There statues were popular with BBQ restaurants. I don't know if they were ever affiliated with a chain. |
| Giant Pig Brooklyn, NY |
Pig and Rooster Charleroi, PA |
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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.
The Pig and Rooster are located at Tim's Secret Treasures, an antiques store. |
| Giant Pig Kewanee, IL |
Giant Pig Cincinnati, OH |
Giant Pig Dothan, AL |
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The Kewanee Pig is installed on the roof of the H&R Block office in the Midland Plaza shopping center. The pig appears to be covered with pennies. Kewanee calls itself the "Hog Capital of the World". For more, see this website.
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 Dothan Pig was built around 1967 by Larry and Ronald Godwin. The pig is 26 feet long by about 13 feet tall and made from scrap steel. The pig's head used to move from side to side. The sculpture was created for a feed mill. The sign originally read "Going Whole Hog for Bob's Feeds". Later, the sign read "Monument to the Hog". The pig is now owned by Schnitzer Southeast, a scrap metal recycling company. The "Save the Pig" sign is just a gimmick to draw attention to their business. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Cheap Charlie's Rochester, MN |
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| This Rochester Pig is installed on the roof of Cheap Charlie's restaurant. |
| Blue Ridge Pig Nellysford, VA |
Oink Joint Birch Run, MI |
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The Blue Ridge Pig restaurant features this pig statue which is installed on a pole by the road. For more, see this website.
The Oink Joint was a temporary transformation of the former Ken's Diner for the 2008 filming of the movie "Whip It". This foam pig was installed on the roof during the shooting. It is about 18 feet long and is probably made of fiberglass. For more, see this website. [photos thanks Mark Comstock] |
| Flag-Holding Pig Cincinnati, OH |
Greene's Bar-B-Q Columbia, SC |
Poole's Bar-B-Q East Ellijay, GA |
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The Flag-Holding Pig is installed on the roof of the SpringDot Building next to I-75. The pig is dressed like Superman or Underdog. The statue might have been created in 2000 during the Big Pig Gig public art exhibit. Flying pigs are a symbol of Cincinnati which is nicknamed "Porkopolis". For more, see this website.
The Greene's Bar-B-Q pig is a wood-carving. Poole's Bar-B-Q is as well known for its Pig Hill of Fame as its food. The restaurant started out as a roadside shack in 1989. This pig statue is located on the roof at the restaurant's entrance. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Giant Pigs East Cape Girardeau, IL |
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| These Giant Pigs are installed at The Pony, a strip club. Does anyone know more about them? |
| Piggy Bank Hatch, NM |
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| This Piggy Bank advertises for Sparky's restaurant. The 15 foot tall fiberglass statue was installed in 2010. After a legal battle with the city, the pig was granted a sign exemption and was allowed to remain. The restaurant has a number of other fiberglass statues as well. For more, see this website. |
| Petal & Piglets Sioux Falls, SD |
Babe Sioux Falls, SD |
Razorback Hog Benton, AR |
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Petal & Piglets and Babe were part of the 2008 Sculpture Walk downtown. Petal & Piglets was created by Carrie Quade. Babe is the work of Mary Zimmerman. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.
This Razorback Hog statue is installed on a pole in front of I-30 Concrete & Sales. The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville uses the razorback hog as its mascot. Images of "Big Red" appear throughout Arkansas. |
| Razorback Hog Fayetteville, AR |
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| This Razorback Hog statue is located at the University of Arkansas. It was produced by Nancy W. Couch and dedicated in 2006. There are several other razorback statues on campus. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
| Razorback Hog Berryville, AR |
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| This Razorback Hog is installed on a trailer and is or was most likely used in parades. It appears that his legs moved somehow. This guy is located near Country Bazaar Honey but I don't know if there is any relationship with this business. Does anyone know more about this statue? |
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