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Big Tom is a 22-foot fibreglass turkey in Frazee, Minnesota, that the town calls the world's largest. The first Big Tom, built in 1986, burned in 1998 and was replaced by the present bird.
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World's Largest Turkey
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Approximate location · 46.728° N, 95.699° W
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Frazee, Minnesota, has a 22-foot fibreglass turkey that its city calls Big Tom, a nod to the area's turkey-farming past.
Frazee has roughly 1,300 people and an annual Turkey Days festival. The New York Times reported in 2024 that Big Tom pays homage to the region's poultry industry and that admirers arrive for photographs at all hours; it placed the bird just off Highway 10. The City of Frazee says Big Tom was completed in 1986 and stands 22 feet tall, though that date belongs to the first bird. A former mayor told WCCO in 2021 that the present bird is a little over 5,000 pounds and 24 feet tall, made of steel and fibreglass.
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Big Tom is a roadside statue at the edge of Frazee. The New York Times (2024) described admirers photographing it at all hours. Frazee's annual Turkey Days festival includes frozen-turkey bowling, and WCCO (2021) mentioned another turkey statue downtown.
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Just off Highway 10 on the edge of Frazee, Minnesota, according to the New York Times (2024); WCCO describes it as sitting on a hill. It is an outdoor roadside statue.
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