Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Paul Bunyan Land is an amusement park in Brainerd, Minnesota, founded in 1950, which is today located on This Old Farm. Its trademark is the 26-foot-tall (7.9 m) animated and talking statue of Paul Bunyan , weighing 5,000 pounds.
Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack and folk hero in American [2] and Canadian folklore. [3] His tall tales revolve around his superhuman labors, [4] [5] and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox, his pet and working animal.
The hodag was said to be born from the ashes of cremated oxen, as the incarnation of the accumulation of abuse the animals had suffered at the hands of their masters. [1] The history of the hodag is strongly tied to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, where it was claimed to have been discovered. The hodag has figured prominently in early Paul Bunyan stories.
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox (Bemidji, Minnesota) Built in 1937 as a way to celebrate the Bemidji Winter Carnival, Paul Bunyan and Babe were an immediate tourist sensation when unveiled!
Paul Bunyan is approximately 18 feet (5.5 m) tall and measures 5 feet (1.5 m) across at his base. From toe to heel, Paul Bunyan measures 3 feet (0.91 m). Babe the Blue Ox is about 10 feet (3 m) tall and 8 feet (2.4 m) across at the front hooves. From nose to tail, Babe measures about 23 feet (7.0 m). [3]
A fiberglass Paul Bunyan statue on top of Raffield’s O.K. Tire Store on Rocky Creek Road in South Macon in the mid ’60s.
After this, Bunyan "stumbles, [and] Nanabozho pulls at Paul’s whiskers, making him promise to leave the area." [11] Unofficial sources add a portion in which Bunyan lands on his rear end at the end of the battle, creating Lake Bemidji with the shape of his buttocks. [12] [13]
Animals may be bred, as well, to maintain captive populations and kept under veterinary care. These facilities include zoos , safari parks , animal theme parks , aviaries , butterfly zoos , reptile centers , and petting zoos , as well as wildlife sanctuaries and nature reserves where visitors are allowed.