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Salisbury, Vermont: Big Lady Squirrel (Gone)

"Kampy" has stood at a campground entrance for years, although maybe not as long as her Victorian striped bathing suit would suggest. Disappeared some time after 2020.

Kampersville

Directions:
Take US 7 either seven miles south of Middlebury or nine miles north of Brandon. Turn east onto Lake Dunmore Rd/Hwy 53 and drive 1.5 miles. The squirrel will be on the left (north) side, at the entrance to Kampersville campground
Status:
Gone

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Big Lady Squirrel

The squirrel is not out. [Cindy, 08/25/2024]
Big Lady Squirrel

Drove there on April 24, 2022, and the statue was not there.

[Samuel Drechsler, 04/26/2022]

The squirrel is seasonal, and only put outdoors from May through September. You just missed it!

Squirrel.

Big Lady Squirrel

Large squirrel in old-fashioned bathing suit - very cute, yet odd.

[Janet Strusz, 08/06/2011]

"Kampy" the lady squirrel is the mascot of the Kampersville campground.


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