Georgia town bets on giant bushy chicken to attract tourists
October 24, 2019
FITZGERALD, Ga. (AP) — Why did the tourists cross the road? One south Georgia town hopes it will be to see a giant bushy chicken statue.
Fitzgerald Mayor Jim Puckett tells local news outlets that the town is building the world's largest chicken topiary, a 62-foot (19-meter) steel-framed chicken with plants growing on it.
Wild Burmese chickens have long roamed Fitzgerald. Puckett aims to leverage that reputation to draw tourists.
He says: "They want to see chickens, so we're going to show them a chicken."
The city is spending $150,000 on the topiary, designed to top the 56-foot (17-meter)...
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