Muncie, Indiana -
Paul Bunyan Statue

The Paul Bunyan statue outside of the Timbers Lounge dates from the mid-1960s, when it was created to advertise Kirby Wood Lumber Co. and fabricated by a local business called Art Forms, owned by Richard Kishel. An old post card shows the Bunyan originally standing at the corner of Liberty Street and Hoyt Avenue.

There's a Facebook group discussing this called "Lost Muncie." [Brian S. Wilkinson, 03/24/2010]

The [Bunyan] outside of Timbers bar is usually dressed up as a giant Santa Claus around Christmas time. They put a red and white suit on him, plus a hat. In his right hand he holds a Christmas tree and the axe in his left hand is hidden by a large sack of toys. I lived in Muncie for two years, and they did it the Christmas of 1996 and 1997. [J. L. Silvers, 10/05/2000]

On the south side of town where 32 meets Tilottson Avenue at a bar name Timbers. This Muffler Man has been "Bunyanized" to resemble a lumberjack. [Michael Langeman, 09/05/1997]

[RA: The Timbers Lounge giant is not a Muffler Man, but a rather impressive Bunyan, with his undersized and oversized hands...]