Muffler Man Tracking
This original map (1996-2012) is no longer regularly updated. Go to the dynamic Muffler Men Map (2013- )

Alabama |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | Type | Description | Photo | Directions |
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AL | Albertville | 1/8/00 |
Bunyan | April 2007 - Reported Gone. Camelot South Home Center, Sand
Mountain Muffler Man. Hands: std. Accessories: Flashing blue light attached to wrist. |
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West side of 6900 block of US 431 |
AL | Birmingham | RA-1994 All Tips |
Classic | Torn in half by high winds 2/98; read repair
report 11/98. Hands: both palms up Accessories: none |
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GCR Tire Co., 3340 Vanderbilt Road |
Arizona |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
AZ | Flagstaff | 10/7/97 All Tips |
Bunyan | Visit Report. #1: Indoor lumberjack in the
Walkup Skydome stadium. Hands: std. Accessories: ax |
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Northern Arizona U. |
AZ | Flagstaff | 10/7/97 All Tips |
Bunyan | Visit Report. #2: lumberjack outside the Walkup
Skydome stadium. Hands: std. Accessories: ax |
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Northern Arizona U. |
AZ | Payson | 6/20/97 All Tips |
Bunyan |
REPORTED GONE - 7/2002
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State Rt. 87 | |
AZ | Phoenix | 10/10/00 All Tips |
Bunyan | Moved from Lumberjack Building Materials to Don Parks' yard in 2007. Hands: std. Accessories: ax |
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SE of Glendale, I-10, exit north on N 83rd Ave about 1 mile, Weldon Ave. on right. |
AZ | Picacho Peak | 11/27/2002 All Tips |
Indian | BURNT! Stood here for many years.
Destroyed in fire that consumed the Picacho Peak Trading Post on Nov. 16,
2002. Hands: wave. Accessories: tomahawk |
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AZ | Prescott | 1/9/98 All Tips |
Cowboy | Muffler
Man Profile "Big Johnson" is his name. Hands: std. Accessories: white hat |
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Front of Johnson Realty. From downtown Prescott: Take Gurley St. west to Grove St. Turn right onto Grove and drive 1 mi. to Fair St. Turn left on Fair and it's on left side (across from Fry's supermarket). |
AZ | Tucson | 4/4/97 All Tips |
Bunyan | AKA "Glenn Stone, the Ax Murderer," surrounded by
chain link fence. Said to have appeared in films: Easy Rider,
Pocket Money, and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Hands: std. Accessories: double-sided ax |
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Don's Hot Rod Shop, 2811 North Stone Ave. and Glenn St., off I-10 |
AZ | Tucson | 12/10/1996 |
Cowboy | "Stamper Miner" previously in Rapid City, SD; in 2015 moved to Tucson, Arizona. Hands: std. Accessories: ? |
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Cummings Plumbing Heating and Cooling, 5141 N Casa Grande Hwy |
AZ | Yuma | 8/24/98 All Tips |
Cowboy | Here since 1982 -- previous head reminded
us of Civil War-era plastic surgery. Was mangled
after repeated thefts by college pranksters. Original owner "repaired" the
head
and
added
a
motor
so it would turn -- but it was never used. Hands: std. Accessories: rifle |
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Behind Target and Toys R Us, 32nd St. Westward Village shopping center, 3300 S. 8th Ave. |
Arkansas |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
AR | West Memphis | 7/11/2001 All Tips |
Classic | Seasonal M-Man, raiding AR from
over the border. Hands: std. Accessories: none |
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West Memphis, Arkansas at the Mound City exit. |
AR | Morrilton | 12/12/97 All Tips |
Big Friend | Stood in Clarkesville for years, sold in 1996. Currently in private collection or private property. |
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California |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
CA | Bakersfield | 10/5/2001 All Tips |
Indian | Spent 17 years lying behind school,
stood at a ranch until that was sold. Now honored with a pedestal, a plaque
and sponsors' engraved bricks. Hands: how greeting Accessories: none |
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Ethel's Old Corral Cafe in Bakersfield, on Alfred Harrell Highway westbound at the Oildale (China Grade Loop) turnoff. |
CA | Compton | 9/1/2010 All Tips |
Classic | Stands behind a fence at a closed transmission business. |
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Corner of Myrrh and Crane in Compton. King's Auto Transmission. |
CA | Carson - Long Beach | 1/12/97 All Tips |
Classic | Oct. 2013: Porsche Motorsport bought the old golf course; the M-Man dons a Porsche racing suit and holds a checkered flag. The Golfer, aka "The Guy," was mascot of the Dominguez Hills Golf Course until it closed. Featured in 1998 Saturn TV commercial.
Transformed
at times into: African American golfer, all-green giant, LA Dodger Gary
Sheffield, and
a US soldier.
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I-405 Freeway near Carson, south of LAX, across from Goodyear blimp base. 19800 S. Main Street |
CA | Dublin | 5/30/98 |
Cowboy | Now identified as the M-Man in Livermore | south side of I-580 | |
CA | Dunsmuir | 12/16/2000 All Tips |
Classic | Daily Driver's Auto Care. Their
phone book ad says to "Look for the Big Man." In 2002, a contest was conducted
to come up with a new name for him -- "Daily Dan." Hands: std. Accessories: holds a string of little triangle flags. |
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Exit 730 from I-5 in Dunsmuir... on west side of the freeway, just north of the exit (you can easily see him from I-5). Between Wiley's Market, and the Dunsmuir City Ball park -- 4801 Dunsmuir Ave. |
CA | El Monte | 11/1/99 All Tips |
Classic | MOVED to Gallatin, TN in 2015. While at the El Monte Sign Company, went by the name of "Edwin." First sighted without a head -- recapitated by 2000. golf club, cap. Hands: std. Accessories: muffler |
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1368 E Broadway, Gallatin, TN |
CA | Escondido | 2/5/97 All Tips |
Bunyan? | Muffler
Man Profile AKA the "Joor" Muffler Man, "Rahoolio, Muffler Man of Love." Santa suit for the holidays, pumpkin head for Halloween. Hands: std. Accessories: pencil-thin mustache, muffler |
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Joor Muffler Service, take Valley Parkway east from I-15 to Grand Avenue and continue east to Juniper, then turn north (left) two blocks to intersection of Juniper and Valley Parkway. Grand Avenue is eastbound one-way complement to Valley Parkway. |
CA | Forrestville | 7/26/99 All Tips |
Bunyan | River Bend Campground along the
Russian River. May have moved nearby Healdsburg after the 1960s. Hands: std. Accessories: Oar or paddle |
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south side of River road (Hwy. 112) ~12 miles west US 101 |
CA | Hayward | 11/27/2013 All Tips |
Bunyan | Paul Bunyan. Acquired in 2013 from owner in Paramount, CA. Hands: std. Accessories: Axe, Wood Saw, Wood Hammer |
2020 National Ave. | |
CA | Hayward | 5/22/97 All Tips |
Cowboy | Big Don. Cowboy, restored in 2013 after a decade plus of storage/neglect in Missouri. Hands: std. Accessories: Stetson |
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2020 National Ave. |
CA | Hayward | 5/22/97 All Tips |
Bunyan | Big Mike. Acquired locally from longtime Mission Blvd. locale, now stands in the lot next to Bell Plastics. Hands: std. Accessories: none (new ax is in the office) |
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22020 National Ave. |
CA | Jackson | 4/26/97 All Tips |
Bunyan | Red shirt Hands: std. Accessories: hard-hat |
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Intersection of Hwy. 88 and Hwy. 104, 1 mile west of town in front of Sierra Equipment Rental. |
CA | Livermore | RA-1992 All Tips |
Cowboy | Appears in rodeo garb in May and
June with a sign advertising the Livermore Rodeo;
used to be a golfer. Hands: std. Accessories: 600 gallon hat |
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South side of I-580 between Airway Boulevard and Portola Avenue exits. |
CA | Los Angeles | 10/24/2007 All Tips |
Hybrid | "Chicken Boy," owned by the Chicken
Boy catalog folks. Returned to public perch in 10/2007. Hands: std. Accessories: Chicken Head |
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5558 N Figueroa StHighland Park area, along Historic Route 66. |
CA | East Los Angeles | 2/22/97 All Tips |
Bunyan | Goes by the name of "Sergio." Protected by iron fence. Checkered shirt. Hands: std. Accessories: none |
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On Mission, 1 block North of Cesar Chavez, NE of downtown LA, and 1/2 mile S of LA County Coroner's Gift shop. |
CA | East Los Angeles | 9/3/2004 All Tips |
Bunyan | The workers call him "The Big Guy," (but visitors have referred to him as the business-related "Tony"). Protected by a tall blue iron fence. He's holding
a model of a car in his hands at Tony's Transmissions. Hands: std. Accessories: model car |
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Tony's Transmissions, 3900 City Terrace Drive |
CA | Malibu | 7/9/97 All Tips |
Hybrid | Currently named "El Salsero," this burrito platter
M-Man once held a big burger - the bun bottom is now his platter. Before
that, "El
Salsero"
was
a
soda
jerk,
modified by Bob "Daddy-O" Wade. Hands: modified Accessories: spicy foods platter |
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22800 West Pacific Coast Highway at La Salsa |
CA | Mecca | 1/4/99 All Tips |
Cowboy | July 2014: Reported back. June 2007 - Reported gone. NE corner of the Salton Sea (on the way to Salvation Mountain). Bunyan-style beard. Hands: std. Accessories: none |
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Hwy. 111 south of Mecca. |
CA | Mentone | 06/07/99 All Tips |
Bunyan | Other weird props reported on
property. Hands: both palm down Accessories: wooden plank |
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Garnet Road and Mill Creek Road |
CA | Planada (formerly listed in Merced) | 10/19/97 All Tips |
Classic | "Farmer Bud" sports
a mustache. Used to stand at a local wrecking yard. In front of a fruit stand
and a museum of antique farm items and machinery. Reported felled by wind
storm 12/98. Back on his feet by 7/99. Hands: std. Accessories: none |
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5 miles east of Merced on north side of route 140. Ag Museum (the main road going to Yosemite National Park). 4498 E. Hwy. 140 |
CA | San Jose | 6/16/97 All Tips |
Bunyan | "Babe the Muffler Man." Down
street from San Jose Arena. Been there since at least 1960; reported to resemble
original owner "Babe." Hands: std. Accessories: muffler, hockey stick |
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Babe's Mufflers, 808 The Alameda Street |
CA | Van Nuys | 6/17/97 All Tips |
Bunyan | Named "Kevin" after owner. Hands: std. Accessories: none |
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15237 Sherman Way, Tune Up Masters. |
CA | Vista | 10/5/96 All Tips |
Classic | Aug 2007 - Moved to NC Hands: Indian-style wave Accessories: none |
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CA | Willits | 1/2/97 All Tips |
Cowboy | Entrance to rodeo grounds, home
of "Willits Frontier Days" Hands: std. Accessories: branding iron with "W", floppy cowboy hat |
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Commercial Street, east off Hwy. 101, across from library |
CA | Whittier | 11/30/97 All Tips |
Classic | A king among M-Men. SOLD!
March 2004 - moved to WV Hands: std. Accessories: Muffler, Crown |
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Midas location, 15130 E Whittier (just east of Colima) MOVED |
Colorado |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
CO | Denver (Federal Heights) | 07/30/00 All Tips |
Mutant | Not of muffler man lineage. Guards
the entrance to a "mobile home park." Chaps, vest, and cowboy hat... unusually
long fingers and big ears. Hands: ? Accessories: |
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"Rustic Ranch Mobile Home and RV Park" at 5566 Federal intersection with 55th Ave. |
CO | Greeley | 8/17/97 All Tips |
Classic | His shirt is purple. Hands: std. Accessories: none |
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Hwy. 85 on the corner of 5th St. a little north of Greeley, on the way to Cheyenne. |
CO | Longmont | 9/15/96 All Tips |
Cowboy | "Giant Ranch Hand," or "Big Cowboy," owned
by the DeVries family since 2000. Used to rep a tool and machine parts shop. Hands: std. Accessories: pitchfork, concrete pedestal |
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12765 N. 63rd Street. 2 miles east of town, at the Lazy T Ranch. |
Connecticut |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
CT | Cheshire | 9/29/97 All Tips |
Bunyan | Profile Page Outside the House of Doors. Must hold an American flag due to a local zoning ordinance. Wool cap, beard. Hands: std. Accessories: flag |
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West Johnson Ave. |
CT | Norwich | 8/1/97 All Tips |
Cowboy | In front of Eblens Casual Clothing. Hands: std. Accessories: flag |
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I-395 to exit 80 E (Route 82). 1 mile on left |
Florida |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
FL | Dade City | 3/25/2007 All Tips |
Bunyan | Transplanted from ...? Hands: std. |
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Auto Air Muffler & Brake City 13721 21st St |
FL | Largo | 6/20/97 All Tips |
Bunyan | Yellow cap, red shirt, blue pants.
Here for 25 years, originally from Webb's City, St. Petersburg, FL. Featured in local TV spot with
the owner standing between his legs. Hands: std. Accessories: Large tires in each hand. |
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S. of Ulmerton Rd.- 688, at 11900 Starkey Road. On the roof of Starkey Road Auto Parts. |
FL | Ocala | 02/02/97 |
Bunyan | MOVED, SEE TAMPA Hands: std. Accessories: hard hat |
Clayton's Small Engine Repair. South of US 27 on US 441/301 (N. Pine Ave.) north of Ocala. | |
FL | Tampa | 3/19/2004 All Tips |
Bunyan | Moved from Ocala in 2002. On top of Auto Air
Muffler & Brake
City. Owner of chain of muffler shops hopes to acquire a muffler man for
each! Hands: std. Accessories: hard hat |
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Fletcher Ave in Tampa Florida, just east of I-275 |
FL | Tampa | 10/26/2010 All Tips |
Bunyan |
Hands: std. |
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Muffler & Brake City. 2802 S 50th St. |
FL | Zephyrhills | 9/17/2007 All Tips |
Classic | Hands: std. Accessories: Large wrench |
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Auto repair shop (Muffler City ?), corner of Hwy 301 and South Ave. |
Georgia |
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State | Town | 1st Sighting | M-Man Type |
Description | Photo Preview |
Directions |
GA | Blue Ridge | 6/24/2015 All Tips |
Bunyan | "Mr. Hobby" is the the former "Mr. Bendo," in Chicago for 50 years and transplanted here in 2015. Hands: Upraised right arm, left arm by side Accessories: holding a model airplane |
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47 Dunbarton Rd |
GA | Douglas | 7/12/2001 All Tips |
Classic | "Captain" Muffler Man,
somewhere near Douglas. Hands: std. Accessories: holding a tire |
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Along US 441. |
GA | East Point | 2/13/97 All Tips |
Bunyan | Boyd Tire Hands: std. Accessories: prosthetic support for tire |
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Across from the Atlanta Airport .85 South from Atlanta. Virginia Ave. exit. Head East. Turn left right past McDonald's. Half mile or so on left. 3495 Norman Berry Drive. |
GA | Leesburg | 7/2/2007 |
Bunyan | 2010: Moved to Tampa, FL. Had been in front of SJC Construction. (1997-2006 - had been in Albany GA) Hands: std. Accessories: Hoe, goofy cap |
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623 Fussell Rd |
GA | Powder Springs | 3/24/00 All Tips |
Indian | On a pole behind the home bleachers
at McEachern High School. Hands: Brave salute Accessories: none |
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New Macland Road |
GA | Washington | 3/26/98 All Tips |
Classic | In front of a Jones Brake & Muffler tire store.
White shirt, blue pants. Hands: std. Accessories: none |
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Robert Toombs Avenue across from Washington-Wilkes Elementary School. |