Muncie, Indiana: 25-Foot-Tall Paul Bunyan
A towering Bunyan with blobby hands is now the mascot of a bar named Timber's. He had stood outside a local lumber company since the early 1970s.
Timber's Lounge
- Address:
- 2770 W. Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN
- Directions:
- Timber's Lounge. South side of the city, and the intersection of Hwy 32 and Tilottson Ave.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Bunyan is still there, rugged and majestic. There's a parking lot behind him, but the best photos are from the street as you're passing.
[Kitsa, 05/15/2021]
Paul Bunyan is showing a little wear, but worth the stop!
[Stephen Francia, 06/26/2016]
Mr. Paul Bunyan is still dressed like a lumberjack. He looks cold out there, but he's standing his post.
[cydav, 03/03/2015]
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]Page of 2 [Next 1 items]
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He appears in danger of being swallowed up by the very trees he should be felling with his mighty axe.