Indiana’s Bicentennial was celebrated in 2016. As part of the celebration, fiberglass statues of bison were made available to each of Indiana’s counties. Local artists decorated them with themes and scenes of the local area and features. We have seen several of these during our travels around the state.
We discovered this one in Osgood, Indiana, in south central Indiana. Named Ozzy, this bison was decorated/painted by Nancie Scott Davis. The bison Ozzy stands proudly on a gravel path with a beautiful mural on the wall of the adjacent building.
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Ozzy is a handsome dude.
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He is quite the fellow, that is sure.
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It’s sad that they don’t roam there anymore…
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It is somewhat ironic that the “Great Seal” of Indiana actually portrays a bison running away from settlers.
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That is ironic! Sad!
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There is so much that has changed. Can’t go back…
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I’ve seen these around, Thank you for sharing the facts about them.
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Supposedly every county got at least one of these.
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I don’t know where they put ours. It’as probably in storage. Kokomo has A giant praying mentis.
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A big bug, huh? Public art can be interesting…
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Rumor has it that the thing stemed from a fight between two developers. Onew said he was like a spider on the wall and knew everything. He made a spider web with an orange spider in front of his office. The other made the giant mentis and placed it on the corner because they eat spiders.
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That is hilarious! You have to love business feuds.
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That is only rumor, but I suspect there is a lot of truth to the story. It’as the only way to explain why there is a giant monstrosity sitting on the corner. They even put a Santa hat on it at Christmas time. The only show better is the political fueds.
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Feuds certainly can provide great entertainment. Thanks for sharing Molly.
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We have a beefalo farm here, where they keep a life-size bison statue on the farm porch. Fun! The also have a rescued camel in the fields….Just didn’t want you to think that you Indiana-ins (?) have all the fun! 😉
Julie
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Thanks, Julie! Appreciate the sharing, and I bet that porch bison is a hoot, as well as the camel. Where in the heck do you get a rescue camel? Beefalo is great meat, so lean and tasty. Oh, and us folks from Indiana go by the moniker “Hoosiers”.
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Well, yes, Hoosiers! I should have remembered that. Duh! Didn’t the prophet say, “What a drag it is getting old…” ?
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An old friend of mine once told me that “Getting old is a pain… then another pain… then another pain….” He had it right.
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I’m not sure where the rescue camel originally came from. It lived for many years nearby at a Heifer International Educational Center, and made many field trips to live nativity scenes at Christimas, LOL!
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Bet those were the neatest Nativity scenes ever!
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Oh, they were! And the camel was pretty well behaved. Sometimes the sheep were recalcitrant, though. 🙂
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LOL…those danged sheep, you can’t take ’em anywhere’ 😉
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These are so interesting. I like the decorations on these bison too.
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It has been fun seeing these around the state. Each town/county got at least one, and they received them all white ready for painting. When in Indiana, we always look for them. Thanks!
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Thanks!
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There seem to be farms that raise buffaloes to set them free in the wild again, not only for eating. I have seen something in that direction on YouTube.
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I have not heard of that yet. I know there are wild herds in Yellowstone park.
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