Here it is folks, the world famous Odessa Texas Giant Jackrabbit. It's moved arround town a bit over the years. Currently it sits in front of the main post office.A few years ago New York had a "cow parade" wherein different goups painted and decorated fiberglass cows which were then displayed around town. They got the idea from some town in Europe. Well, now they're doing a similar thing in Odessa, but instead of cows they are using... you guessed it, jackrabbits. I'll try to take some pictures of those if I get the chance.
Here is one of the historic markers next to the jackrabbit. I believe it contains educational facts about real jackrabbits.
And here is the other one which is about the world's first championship jackrabbit roping.
posted by Dominic @ 5:18 PM
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Nice pictures of the Jackrabbit. Those of you not from Odessa probally don't realize how seriously some people take this statue. When some kids broke off an ear a number of years ago, they were charged with "desecrating a venerated object." Apparently it was also mentioned in the novel "North Dallas Forty."
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