Am I having a Mandela Effect but wasn't Paul and Babe part of Paul Bunyan's Lookout? An actual establishment that I went to year after year when we'd go up north..had a classic up north shop where you could buy all sorts of different oddities and also a petting zoo where they had deer..porcupines, rabbits etc. and you could feed them..my step dad checked out and worked on the old man owner's car one of the times we went there..they were in business for decades..at lease the 50's ..and they were in the vicinity of Dinosaur Gardens..the speaker in Paul would play a story that was narrated by Paul Bunyan with a French accent..with his "Big Bleu Ox Bebe" but what I'm seeing here does not match where these were before..and all these comments saying that it's been there forever...doesn't make sense...these either were moved from where I am describing...or they flattened all existence of those buildings and planted fast growth pine and then moved the statues down towards the road..because the original establishment was on a slight hill...this thing is kind of bothering me..childhood...
Read moreThe Paul Bunyan and Babe The Blue Ox statutes are not very well maintained. However, it is still neat to be able to see the original Monument, considering the story was first written for the Iosco County News Herald in 1906. Iosco County, Michigan is considered the literary birthplace of the story of Paul Bunyan (which is based on the life of a Canadian...
Read moreTwo great pieces of American Folklore, available for everyone to enjoy in the great state of Michigan! Michigan and Paul Bunyan go hand in hand, after all Michigan State and the University of Michigan play for the Paul Bunyan trophy every year! Babe the Blue Ox and this giant statue of Paul Bunyan are definitely worth your time, come...
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