Overview
About the event
Perhaps a bit obscure, but no less interesting because of it, Chicken Boy is a rather famous statue that sits in Los Angeles, California.
The story of Chicken Boy dates back more than 50 years, to the 1960s when this statue with a man body and chicken head was formed from fiberglass.
This statue was made by the International Fiberglass Company out of Venice, which is the same company responsible for outdoor advertising statues of Paul Bunyan as well as the Muffler Man.
Coming in at 22 feet tall, Chicken Boy was placed on top of a roof on the historic Route 66 in downtown LA where he could be viewed standing guard over the city, while holding his bucket full of chicken.
He lived on top of the Chicken Boy restaurant until 1984 when the restaurant owner died and the statue went into storage for more than 20 years.
