Hutto High School Hippo - Hutto, TX - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

Having escaped from a circus train that had stopped in Hutto for repairs several days earlier, the rouge hippopotamus made its way through farm fields, devouring crops and leveling others, until it reached nearby Cottonwood Creek. There it happily embedded itself into a muddy wallow, content never to leave. Once the animal was finally discovered, then came the almost incredulous task of removing it. This proved no small feat.

The misplaced hippo caused such a stir that, years later, the Hutto school system adopted the hippopotamus as its official mascot.