Clinton, Wisconsin - Muffler Man - Bunyan

We couldn't find this attraction... we searched high and low in Clinton and even the locals didn't know that he was supposed to be there. :( [Natalie, 03/24/2007]

Just got back from visiting the muffler man in Clinton, Wisconsin. I talked with a couple of the locals, and they gave me the following tidbits:

The owner of the campground also owned a business in Franklin Park, IL. where the muffler man was (This totally makes sense as Franklin Park is an industrial suburb of Chicago). They said around ten years ago he decided to move him to his campground. They said he put him on a trailer and removed his head for the trip.

As you can see from the pictures, he has lost his feet, needs a paint job (note the obvious two paint schemes on his pants) and has an incredible amount of fungus growing on his arms. The muffler man also has obvious remnants of the decapitation on his neck. (I think I saw this before in a Clint Eastwood western (Hang Em High?)).

The owner knew that his hands dictated that he was supposed to be holding something but did not know what so he made an axe for him (nothing like giving someone you just decapitated a 5 foot axe). This muffler man is extremely hard to find as he is way back in an obscure campground at the edge of the woods.

The locals obviously had no idea what he was or where he came from (they do now!). [Rich Birley, 07/16/2001]