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Beatrice, Nebraska: Minion Hay Bale Park Ranger (Gone)

15 feet tall, with a single eye, friendly grin, and hay bale ranger hat. Painted. Christened "C.R. Parks" in Jan. 2016. Vain enough to have had its own Twitter hashtag.

Directions:
Stands outside the Heritage Center of Homestead National Monument. From Beatrice drive west on Court St. for 1.5 miles. Turn right onto Hwy 4. Drive 3.5 miles. Turn left onto SW 75 Rd, then immediately right into the driveway leading to the Center.
Hours:
July 2018: Reported gone.
Status:
Gone

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Minion Hay Bale Park Ranger

The Minion Hay Bale Park Ranger is not there anymore. It hasn't been there for over a year.

[Maggie Varghese, 07/07/2018]

If America's Minion-makers would only build them of brick, not straw, they'd last longer.

Minion park ranger.

Minion Hay Bale Park Ranger

We were in the area so we stopped in to see the Minion Hay Bale Park Ranger.

[Meghan, 05/19/2016]

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