A taxidermied buffalo that is famously, or infamously, large. The last survivor of a failed buffalo farm, the unnamed beast became a familiar sight to travelers as it grazed along a popular road, with many local sets of directions beginning with “turn at the giant buffalo.” By the time of its death it was a local tourist attraction with several business in town named after it, such as the Buffalo Grocery and the Buffalo Gas Station. Taxidermied after its death in a winter ice storm, the buffalo now resides in a special pavilion as a the nucleus of a small buffalo themed tourist trap as “the world’s largest stuffed buffalo,” occasionally referred to in travel guides as the “Stuffalo.”
December 1, 2022
From “The Lobelville Buffalo, or Stuffalo” by Olli Bevell
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