Muffler Men Tracking Chart, pt. 2
Idaho |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | Type | Description | Photo | Directions |
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ID | Blackfoot | Uniroyal Gal | ||||
ID | Pocatello | 9/18/1998 All Tips |
Cowboy | Profile • First spotted in Nampa, Idaho, tracked in moves to Bridger and Rockvale, Montana. Returned to Idaho in late 2016 and transformed to World's Largest Janitor at the Museum of Clean Hands: std. Accessories: Mop or other cleaning tool |
711 South 2nd Ave. Inside the museum at S 2nd Ave and E Carter St. | |
ID | St. Maries | 9/5/1998 All Tips |
Bunyan | In front of Heyburn Elementary
School -- "Home of the Lumberjacks." Flannel shirt sometimes painted traditional
red/black and sometimes school colors green/yellow. He's actually a heavily
disguised "Big Friend." Hands: BF-config Accessories: Double-bit ax |
Main Street | |
ID | Wendell | 7/23/1998 All Tips |
Cowboy | Advertising an RV park. Dressed
in blue jeans, a yellow shirt, and a gray cowboy hat. Hands: std. Accessories: Holds tiny construction stop sign |
Alongside Interstate 84, milepost 156.5 | |
Illinois |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
IL | Atlanta (formerly Cicero) | 1/11/1997 All Tips |
Bunyan | The Hot Dog M-Man had been at Bunyon's in
Cicero since 1963 [ More on Bunyon's].
After Bunyon's closed in 2003, he moved to Atlanta, along Rt. 66, and was
dubbed "Tall
Paul." Locals repaired the arrow and bullet holes and restored
the giant. On permanent loan from the Stephens family. Hands: std. Accessories: giant hot dog |
Arch St., between Race and Vine in downtown Atlanta | |
IL | Bartlett |
3/10/1998 All Tips |
Service Man | Gone since 2000. "Big Ben," a Texaco Service Man. Stood in front of
Big Ben's Tire Barn, then a lawn mower repair shop. Hands: missing right one Accessories: tire, to hide missing hand |
North Avenue and route 20 in Hanover Park, near the police station. | |
IL | Bridgeview | 3/4/1997 All Tips |
Mutant | Frankenmuffler,
green skin, neck bolts, yellow tie, pointy shoulders, weak chin. A nouveau
mutant. Hands: std.? Accessories: bloody battle-ax. |
Haunted Trails: Bridgeview, on the east side of Harlem, between 77th & 78th Sts. | |
IL | Chicago | 1/11/1997 All Tips |
Bunyan | June 2015: Moved to Georgia, became Mr. Hobby. "Mr. Bendo." Atop Ced's Auto Body, bending an iron bar. Hands: std. Accessories: iron bar |
Grand Avenue just east of Pulaski Road. | |
IL | Chicago | 9/9/1998 All Tips |
Indian | Tests the eyesight of passing
drivers; has "Eye Care Center" sign bolted to chest. Appeared in film "Wayne's World" (1992) Hands: right arm raised Accessories: iron bar |
63rd and South Pulaski | |
IL | Crystal Lake | 4/20/1997 |
Bunyan | Stands at a mulch and firewood business; formerly at Wolff's Flea Market, prior at a lumber store. Hands: std. Accessories: American flag |
Hwy 176, 2.5 miles east of Hwy 31 | |
IL | Crystal Lake | 1/8/1999 All Tips |
Bunyan | Bunyan stands at a greenhouse business. At Ozzi Waterpark and Go Cart Park before it closed in 2007. No feet. Painted black suspenders. Bunyan hybrid - beard painted on to jaw. No more double-headed ax. |
The Greenhouse of Crystal Lake. Northeast of town, on the west side of Hwy 31 about a mile north of Hwy 176. | |
IL | Crystal Lake | 1/8/1999 All Tips |
Indian | Indian stands at a Greenhouse business. At Ozzi Waterpark and Go Cart Park before it closed in 2007.
No feet. Highly detailed "beefcake" rendering of bare chest and pants. Hands: "brave" salute Accessories: none |
The Greenhouse of Crystal Lake. Northeast of town, on the west side of Hwy 31 about a mile north of Hwy 176. | |
IL | Evergreen | 10/31/1997 All Tips |
Bunyan | Atop Guardian Auto Rebuilders.
Back up an in service.... Had a low level Tornado/bad storm in late summer
1998 and was knocked down... He was repaired and has fresh Du Pont Chroma
base auto paint on him, including candy apple red shirt... Hands: std. Accessories: black nail polish. |
8939 S Kedzie, 5 blocks north of 95th Street, across from a cemetery. | |
IL | Joliet | 6/10/2004 All Tips |
Classic | "Left Field Louie" is the mascot
of the Joliet Jackhammers baseball team. When they hit a home-run, Louie's
jackhammer spews smoke. Once stood in Ham Lake, MN. Hands: both palms down. Accessories: jackhammer, bucket hard hat |
Silver Cross Field, in downtown Joliet near Harrah's Casino. | |
IL | Libertyville | 1/24/1997 All Tips |
Bunyan | In the Miniature golf course
at Lamb's Farm. Accompanied by a fiberglass cow and milk bottle. Hands: std. Accessories: ax |
Off I-94. | |
IL | Livingston - Staunton | 9/10/2006 |
Bunyan | Muffler Man outside the Pink Elephant Antique Mall. Also a surfer dude, ice cream cone and pink elephant.. |
908 Veterans Memorial Drive. Exit 34 or exit 37 off of I-55 | |
IL | Mount Vernon | Uniroyal Gal | ||||
IL | Nauvoo | 9/17/2000 All Tips |
Viking | In front of the Nauvoo-Colusa
High School since 1986. Hands: std. Accessories: shield |
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IL | Normal | 4/2/2017 All Tips |
Classic | Manufactured in ~2016 by Mark Cline - 15-ft. tall ice cream man. Hands: left palm up to hold burger, right sideways to hold cone. Accessories: jaunty paper cap, ice cream cone, cheeseburger |
Carl's Ice Cream, 1700 W College Ave | |
IL | Peoria | Uniroyal Gal | ||||
IL | Roseville | RA - 1991 All Tips |
Classic | Guarded a seed dealer. Last seen in 1991. 2007 - still missing, townspeople claiming he never existed. Hands: std. Accessories: Broot cap |
Highway 67, east side. | |
IL | Salem | 9/1/1998 All Tips |
Classic? | Aug 2007 - moved to NC. AKA "Stan the Tireman" Hands: std. Accessories: |
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IL | Springfield | 10/13/1997 All Tips |
Bunyan | AKA the "Lauterbach Tire Man" wears a blue cap and
shirt, black pants with Lauterbach written down the legs. Decapitated in deadly March 2006 tornado, then restored. Hands: std. Accessories: tire |
Lauterbach Tire and Auto Service, 1569 Wabash Ave. | |
IL | West City (moved to WV) | All Tips | Big John | Giant mascot grocery clerk for Big John chain; auctioned off in 2005 and moved
to Unger, WV Hands: Big John std. Accessories: 4 grocery bags |
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IL | Wilmington | All Tips | Hybrid | AKA "Gemini Giant," named in a contest
in the mid-1960s, stands
outside the Launching Pad Drive-in. Some say he is a tribute to local ammunition
plant workers. Hands: std. Accessories:helmet, 8 ft. long styrofoam rocket |
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Indiana |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
IN | Brookston | 8/14/2007 All Tips |
Indian | Stands on a platform at YMCA camp "Camp Tecumseh." Hands: Right arm raised Indian brave - style. Accessories: none |
12635 W. Tecumseh Bend Rd | |
IN | Elkhart | 10/31/1997 All Tips |
Bunyan | 9/2011: Moved to Coeburn, Virginia |
Front of Palmer Tru Value Hardware and Just Ask Rental store. | |
IN | Indianapolis | 8/9/1997 All Tips |
Bunyan - hybrid | "Mr. Bendo" has looked out onto
16th street for at least four decades. Hands: Right arm raised Indian
brave - style. Accessories: none now, but reported to have once held an exhaust pipe, muffler, and tail pipe assembly. |
Ralph's Muffler Shop, 1250 W. 16th Street, near the Indy Speedway | |
IN | Montpelier | 5/27/2001 All Tips |
Indian | Indian chief, on a corner in front of historical marker for the "Godfroy Reserve." Hands: Right arm raised Indian - style. Accessories: none |
Corner of State Road 18 and Main Street. | |
IN | Muncie | 3/7/1997 All Tips |
Classic | Used to sit on Broadway Ave. at a local car lot. Hands: std. Accessories: Used to hold tiny RV |
Jack Smith and Sons RV Sales, Interstate 69, exit 41 | |
IN | Muncie | 9/5/1997 All Tips |
NA | At a bar named Timbers, flannel
shirt. Used to be in front of a local lumber co. He's not an M-Man, but big
nonetheless. Hands: NA Accessories: ax |
south side of town where State Rd 32 meets Tillitson Avenue | |
Iowa |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
IA | Waukon | 0/3/1998 |
Cowboy | Plaque claims it was made in
Sparta, WI. Hands: std. Accessories: Charging longhorn |
On highway 76 one mile south of town. | |
Kansas |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
KS | Kansas City | 6/26/1998 All Tips |
Half Wit | Reported gone 10/2000 to make
way for road expansion. Stood here since the mid-1960s Originally a generic-looking
half-wit at a convenience store called Poor Boy's Pantry, Repainted in the
1980s with a Hawaiian shirt tucked into his jeans, and painted Nike running
shoes, Hands: std Accessories: none |
43rd St. and State Line Road | |
KS | Lawrence | 9/17/2018 All Tips |
Uniroyal Gal | Indoor Uniroyal Gal Hands: std Accessories: wine glass |
Grinders LFK. On the west side of New Hampshire St. between E. 7th and E. 8th Sts. | |
KS | Manhattan | 9/1/1998 |
Not a muffler man! | "Johnny Kaw," blonde-haired,
blue-eyed, though not a muffler man. Hands: ? Accessories: thresher |
Corner of a city park | |
KS | Wichita | 1/8/1998 All Tips |
Classic | Brown's Tire Service Hands: std. Accessories: tire |
On Broadway, south of McArthur (S 39th.) | |
Kentucky |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
KY | Monticello | 5/8/1999 All Tips |
Bunyan | 3/2007: Reported missing. 11/2003: Owner Nick Catron closed the
business where this M-Man stood, and moved him to his own backyard. Nick
is considering altering Bunyan into a likeness of Jesus Christ for his
church. |
Take Hwy. 90 West to Hwy. 1546 (Murl Road). Go 3 miles, look left. On deck in back yard. Next to Rector's Flat Baptist Church. | |
KY | Somerset | 9/18/2004 All Tips |
Bunyan | Sold on eBay in 2006, moved to Livingston, IL. Stood next to a gas station and
a Super 8 Motel at 601 S. Hwy. 27. |
MOVED to Livingston, Illinois | |
Louisiana |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
LA | Bossier City | 3/25/2006 |
Classic | Visit Report. Cowboy on a pole advertising a trailer dealership. Hands: std. Accessories: Hat, rope, spurs |
I-20 Industrial Dr exit south. Topps Trail. | |
LA | Metairie | 6/16/1997 All Tips |
Classic | Read his owner's
story. Hands: std. Accessories: Mustache, Crown |
Clearview Auto Title & Co., 2122 Clearview Parkway | |
LA | Metairie | All Tips | Mutant | Half of a Muffler Man, used in Mardi Gras parades. Hands: none Accessories: many |
Float warehouse. | |
Maine |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
ME | Bangor | 12/2/1997 Refuted: 7/15/1998 |
Bunyan, but not an M-Man | Red and black checked lumberjack's
coat, jeans and work boots. Not an M-Man! Hands: std. Accessories: ax and pike |
State Fairgrounds. | |
ME | Rumford | 7/12/1997 All Tips |
Bunyan | At the Maine Visitor Center, looks
out over Route 2 and Pennacook
Falls/Rumford Falls, highest falls east of Niagara. Property of the town of Rumford. Hands: standard Accessories: ax |
6 Bridge St., Route 2. | |
Maryland |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
MD | Crownsville | 1/6/1998 All Tips |
Bunyan | AKA, the "Fair Giant" Hands: both up Accessories: Welcome sign |
Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds on generals' highway | |
MD | Havre de Grace | RA-1996 All Tips |
Classic | AKA "Desert
Storm Man," camouflage fatigues. Gas station closed by 2015; Muffler Man in storage by owner. Hands: std. Accessories: hat was kept in garage |
911 Pulaski Hwy. Hwy. 40 southbound | |
MD | Marion | 11/9/1998 All Tips |
Viking | "In pretty bad shape." Hands: ? Accessories: ? |
10 miles North of Crisfield | |
MD | Ocean City | 4/29/1998 All Tips |
Bunyan | Pirate costume. Jolly Roger Amusement
Park Hands: std Accessories: cutlass, eyepatch |
30th St. & Coastal Hwy. | |
Massachusetts |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
MA | Chicopee | 8/11/1999 All Tips |
Hybrid | Stood at the Plantation Inn, waving to the
Mass Pike toll plaza. Later moved to Agawam, MA, then disappeared. Hands: right arm waving, left arm down Accessories: top hat |
I-90 exit 6, facing the toll plaza. | |
MA | Groveland | 6/22/2001 All Tips |
Bunyan | A shrimpy Bunyan who has lost all his accessories... ax, helmet. He stands along a drive against some trees. | Valley Tree Service, 938 Salem Street | |
MA | Hancock | 12/2/1997 All Tips |
Classic | "Big Man." Shirt reads "Green
Valley Equipment Co." Before anchoring here, he had been shot, stolen by college
students, and displayed in a nudist camp. Hands: std. Accessories: once held a pitchfork. |
Rt. 43 and Brodie Mt. Road | |
MA | Lynn | 6/21/1998 All Tips |
Bunyan | 6/2006: Reported gone since the 1980s (?). Appears to be gone, 11/2003. Revised
from original report
placing him in Revere. Missing his head. Blue pants and red shirt. Hands: ? Accessories: ? |
Cadillac dealer. | |
MA | Shirley | 6/28/2004 All Tips |
Indian | Big Indian in front of Mohawk Village Motors.. Hands: Indian salute Accessories: none |
280 Great Road (MA Hwy 2A), about 5-6 miles west of Ayer | |
Michigan |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
MI | Ann Arbor | 9/1/1998 All Tips |
Bunyan | Gone. Rooftop Bunyan and Babe the
Blue Ox at Paul Bunyan Restaurant on Jackson Road at Zeeb west of Ann Arbor.
Disappeared in the 1980s. May be in Irish Hills now Hands: ? Accessories: ? |
On road that parallels I-94, 1 mile west of Weber's Inn | |
MI | Cassopolis | 4/12/2015 All Tips |
Classic-Modified | On a private estate, viewable by appt. Hands: std Accessories: oil can, train engineer cap |
58220 Decatur Rd | |
MI | New Baltimore | 3/7/1997 All Tips |
Classic | In front of mini golf course and
ice cream stand. Dubbed "Greg Enormous" in a naming contest. Hands: std Accessories: straw hat, golf club, used to hold a wrench |
Off I-94 head east. 23 Mile Road, at World's Finest Frozen Custard. | |
MI | Flint | 7/22/2002 All Tips |
Half-wit | 2014: Moved to Hayward, California. Was outside Flint's Bargain Hunterz discount
clothing store in blue jeans and Hawaiian shirt. Hands: std Accessories: |
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MI | Onsted - Irish Hills | 9/1/1998 All Tips |
Bunyan | 4/2004: Reported freshly painted. Probably originally west of Ann Arbor. Hands: std. Accessories: double-sided ax |
"Stagecoach Stop USA," Irish Hills on US 12. US-12 between M-50 and M52, west of Clinton. | |
Minnesota |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
MN | Battle Lake | 7/5/2001 All Tips |
Indian | Chief Wenonga Hands: brave salute Accessories: stone headed ax |
MN Highway 78 just outside town, directly across from the lake |
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MN | Bemidji | 11/15/1996 All Tips |
Indian | "Nanabojo" -- killed Bunyan with a fish. Morell's
Chippewa Trading Post, Inc.. Hands: brave salute Accessories: none |
Across the street from Paul Bunyan and Babe. | |
MN | Bloomington | 3/15/1998 All Tips |
Indian | One of the Indians outside the Thunderbird Hotel. Hands: brave salute Accessories: hand flint ax |
2201 East 78th Street | |
MN | Bloomington | 3/15/1998 All Tips |
Indian Mutant | One of the Indians outside the Thunderbird Hotel. Smaller than his partner. A
long-winded sign explains all about the Chippewa Indians. Hands: at side Accessories: hand flint ax |
2201 East 78th Street | |
MN | Baxter - Brainerd | 8/1/2004 All Tips |
Bunyan | Previously reported, at Bunyan's
Sports Bar and Grill, with $2 bowling during the summer. Babe clenches a
bunch of bowling pins in her mouth. Hands: std. Accessories: bowling ball |
NE side of the intersection of highways 371 & 210, west of Brainerd. | |
MN | Ham Lake | 11/24/1996 All Tips |
Classic | 5/2003: De-zoned, sold by owner
to town of Joliet, IL for $10,000. " unnaturally pale"... In front of Mid-State Auto Mall, next to Red Ox cafe, across from Tom Thumb gas station. Hands: std. Accessories: giant exhaust system |
35W North to 118 West, to Hwy. 65 on west side. | |
Mississippi |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
MS | Byram | Uniroyal Gal | ||||
MS | Lake View, Walls |
1997 All Tips |
Big John | ID'd as a Big John Jan 2004. Mar 2005: Reported on his back to make way for a new "Gentlemen's Club."
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Hwy. 61 about 500 feet into Mississippi and one at Hwy. 302 (Goodman road) and Hwy. 55 | |
Missouri |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
MO | Boonville | 9/25/1997 All Tips |
Cowboy | Once stood at a gas station, then the First Amendment Adult Video Store; black
pants, a yellow shirt, cowboy hat inscribed "MU." Auctioned in May 2000, restored, put in storage, for sale in 2013. Hands: std. Accessories: none |
Off I-70. | |
MO | Cleveland | 3/6/2017 All Tips |
Bunyan | Stone's Last Resort, a Mr. Bendo Hands: right arm raised Accessories: none |
I-49 via Rt Y to E 233rd St to S Cleveland Ave. | |
MO | Foristell | 4/20/1997 All Tips |
Bunyan | Skyline Motors Tractor Trailer
Repair. Yellow cap, red shirt. Sign on chest: "No Job Too Big" Hands: right arm raised Accessories: sign |
I-70 west just before Wright City. 4 miles west of Wentzville. | |
MO | Lake Ozark | 6/10/1998 All Tips |
Half Wit | In front of Old Time Photo. Plaid
shirt and straw hat. Across from a big Indian statue. Hands: std. Accessories: Lantern on the ground |
Near Bagnell Dam. | |
MO | Lake Ozark | 6/10/1998 All Tips |
Indian | In front of Two Bit Town. Across
from the half-wit. Hands: Arm raised. Accessories: none |
Near Bagnell Dam. | |
MO | Osage Beach | 6/2/2002 |
Bunyan | Gone. Reported missing a hand. 7/2004:
Paul is intact. His arm had been stolen, and later returned. Hands: std. Accessories: American Flag. |
Forever Friends Furniture, Highway 54 | |
MO | St. Louis County | 11/21/98 |
Cowboy | Gone - 2009. Restored, wears cowboy hat. On a landscaped lot at Croft Automotive and Trailer Hands: std. Accessories: Cowboy hat |
49 Elam Road. To find him, exit I-44 at Hwy. 141 and drive north on 141 to Elam Road. Turn west. Croft Automotive and Trailer | |
MO | Sullivan | 4/21/1997 All Tips |
Bunyan | Gone. Lumberjack products. Ax is an
exhaust pipe with a normal-sized ax head. Side
view. Reported gone in 2003, now in Baxter MN. Hands: std. Accessories: undersized ax |
North side of I-44, east of exit 226. | |
Montana |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
MT | Billings | RA- 1992 All Tips |
Bunyan | Hands: std. Accessories: tire |
L.P. Anderson Tire Co. | |
MT | Billings | RA- 2001 All Tips |
Cowboy | Hands: std. Accessories: Stetson hat |
Elk River Rd | |
MT | Billings (from Bridger) | 5/13/2001 All Tips |
Cowboy | Sold and moved to Connecticut. Hands: std Accessories: none |
Visible from I-90 on the south side between Laurel and Billings. | |
MT | Rockvale | 5/13/2001 |
Cowboy | Moved to Pocatello, ID in late 2016. Stood sentry at a casino. Nov. 2016: to Hands: std. Accessories: cowboy hat, scoped rifle |
Ft. Rockvale Cafe and Casino, 101 Rockvale Rd | |
MT | Great Falls | 3/6/1999 All Tips |
Cowboy | In front of a Big John's casino.
Arms down, Indian-style. Black hat. Hands: down Accessories: none |
11th Ave. South and 24th Street South |