# Elephant on I-84 in CT - what's the straight dope?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 10, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358 "2020-06-10T12:53:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358/21 "2020-06-11T03:00:20Z")
The Blue Whale of Catoosa is a waterfront structure, just east of the American town of Catoosa, Oklahoma, and it has become one of the most recognizable attractions on old Route 66. > **[Blue Whale of Catoosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Whale_of_Catoosa)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The Blue Whale of Catoosa is a waterfront structure, just east of the American town of Catoosa, Oklahoma, and it has become one of the most recognizable attractions on old Route 66. > Hugh Davis built the Blue Whale in the early 1970s as a surprise anniversary gift to his wife Zelta, who collected whale figurines. The Blue Whale and its pond became a favored swimming hole for both locals and travelers along Route 66 alike. > Originally, the pond surro... ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358/22 "2020-06-11T04:06:47Z")
Or you could go to Wawa, Ontario, and [get goosed](https://wawa.cc/about-wawa/wawa-ontario/our-famous-canada-goose/). ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358/23 "2020-06-11T05:16:18Z")
> [@Fir\_na\_tine](#): > > My best guess is that it’s about 9 or 10 feet tall. Been that way dozens of times and never noticed it. This time traffic was crawling about .001 MPH and it caught my eye. Not quite a common garden ornament. Welp, that is quite big. Wondered if there might be an Indian temple in the area displaying it as auspicious symbol, but no evident candidates. If we’re just generally listing highway critter monuments, let us not forget [Nibbles Woodaway, the Big Blue Bug](https://www.bigbluebug.com/the-big-blue-bug) of I-95 in Rhode Island. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358/24 "2020-06-11T05:25:55Z")
Try Australia’s [Big Merino](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Merino) and similar [Big Things](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%27s_big_things) for size. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358/25 "2020-06-11T06:28:29Z")
Anyone else click on a thread about elephants on the highway, and was sadly disappointed to find a buncha statues? ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358/26 "2020-06-11T13:34:07Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Huh. There’s one in Mass. too? [[Ours is 10 miles from my apt. in Jacksonville FL](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/446700856764922097/), and yes was also originally part of a miniature golf course] Dinosaurs are nothin’. How about a [dragon](https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/14021)? This guy’s off of I-75 in Tennessee, not too far north of Knoxville, easily visible from the highway. He used to stand beside a fireworks store. The store burned down, but the dragon is still there (or at least he was as of last year, the last time we drove past). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358/27 "2020-06-11T17:11:21Z")
If’n yer drivin on I-45 just south of Huntsville, Texas and you don’t b’have y’self, [Giant Sam Houston](https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x86470f2b3fa9a305%3A0x16de43e89227ea14!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.trover.com%2Fd%2F1QluL-sam-houston-statue-visitor-center-huntsville-texas!5ssam%20houston%20statue%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e1!2shttps%3A%2F%2Fmedia2.trover.com%2FT%2F58ab118d10b26877f10686f6%2Ffixedw.jpg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmjJzKn_rpAhV3QzABHbcxBfAQoiowIXoECBIQBg)’ll stomp yer car inta next week. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358/28 "2020-06-11T18:55:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If it were closer to Bridgeport I would guess it might have to do with the [P.T. Barnum Museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_Museum) and his star attraction Jumbo. But it doesn’t look close. Yeah - my 1st guess was something related to the Showmen’s League. (When I was a kid, one of my old cousins was an old circus man, and several members are buried in a cemetery near my MIL. Plenty of [elephant sculptures!](http://www.showmensleague.org/Showmens-Rest) - NOTE the trunk down.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358.md?page=1)