Fort Stockton, Texas -
Paisano Pete - Roadrunner
Formerly the world's largest roadrunner statue, but at 20 feet long and 15 feet tall Pete's still pretty big.
- Address:
- Main St., Fort Stockton, TX
- Directions:
- Intersection of hwy 290 and Main Street, downtown Fort Stockton.
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Paisano Pete - Roadrunner Paisano Pete is still here and awesome! There are cowboy cut-out statues across the street. [Carter, 04/04/2011]
Paisano Pete - Roadrunner The good people of Fort Stockton have done a bit of work to Paisano Pete, now the 2nd largest roadrunner in the world. I visited Pete back in 2002, and going by the pictures, changes include a different paint scheme, removal of the sign with Pete's name and claim as the "World's Largest Roadrunner," and the area surrounding Pete has been altered significantly.
Despite being dethroned as the "World's Largest" Pete has stood the test of time and held up much better than the New Mexico roadrunner. [Greg Brown, 01/19/2011]
I wasn't all that impressed with Pete, but must say that the combination of Pete and the neighboring drive-thru liquor mart "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere," was so worth it!
Someone seems to have converted a car wash into a drive-in store, complete with "3 Dollar Refills." Of what I can only guess -- totally worth the detour! [Meredith, 09/15/2010]
Paisano Pete - World's Largest Roadrunner dethroned? I stopped by to visit Paisano Pete in Fort Stockton, Texas on my way home from Las Vegas. I wanted to see how he was handling being dethroned as the World's Largest Roadrunner. The news of an even larger roadrunner in Las Cruces,
NM doesn't seem to bother Pete in the least. The people of Fort Stockton still appear to be taking care of their giant roadrunner (20 feet long, 15 feet tall). Residents will still tell you Pete is the largest roadrunner in the world, and the wooden sign at Pete's base proclaiming him to be the World's
Largest has not been altered.
Pete's sturdy concrete construction assures that one day he'll be the largest again, once the New Mexico roadrunner is reduced back to junk from which it was created. [Greg Brown, 04/21/2002]
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