11-foot Stilts

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  1. Martin Alonzo

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    Weird. Isn't Brainerd the home of the Paul Bunyan statue?
     
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    Don't forget his Big Blue Ox "Babe"...

    h.p.
     
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    I see that Brainerd is one of 10 places claiming to be the birthplace of Paul Bunyan (3 of them being in Minnesota), but find no mention of a statue there.

    The first Paul Bunyan statue resides in Bernidji, MN.

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    Looks like the original is gone now... https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/6812

    https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/10391

    Maybe he was a victim of the statue police. :D
     
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    There's a big Paul Bunyan statue in Bangor, Maine too.
     
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    Yeah, but they don't have the guy on stilts.
     
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    No. No stilts. They have a blue ox, though.
     
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    According to Wiki, here are the places claiming to be his "birthplace."

    Bemidji, Minnesota
    Akeley, Minnesota
    Brainerd, Minnesota
    Bangor, Maine
    Eau Claire, Wisconsin
    Oscoda, Michigan
    Ossineke, Michigan
    St. Ignace, Michigan
    Stevens Point, Wisconsin
    Wausau, Wisconsin
    Minsk,Belarus ;)
     
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    I should have an affinity for Paul Bunyan then, as I was born in Wisconsin, grew up in Michigan, and now live in Maine. I've never been to Belarus, though.
     
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    I may have mentioned our standard vacation spot when we lived in Indiana was Muskegon State Park. But you were in the UP...probably a longer drive for you than for us.
     
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    I've only been in the Lower Peninsula twice.
     
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    I tell ya, when the hot & humid summers here drive me inside, I'd love to live further north.

    But I'm not up for the winters. I missed the Indiana snow as a relocated kid in Virginia, but not any more.
     
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    If I lived in an area where an ox that size did his business, I'd damn sure learn how to walk on stilts.
     
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