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Charlie Choker, Big Mascot

Aberdeen, WA

A chainsaw carving of Charlie Choker, the Grays Harbor College mascot. Charlie stands at the entrance to the college.

Charlie stands 20 feet tall, and was carved from a single, fat cedar log in 1975. The oddly-named mascot is not into strangulation, nor does he mock his teams' performance under pressure. A "choker" is a specialist he-man lumberjack who wraps steel cables around logs so that they can be dragged out of the forest.
Charlie Choker, Big Mascot
Charlie Choker, Big Mascot
Charlie Choker, Big Mascot
Charlie Choker, Big Mascot
Charlie Choker, Big Mascot
Charlie Choker, Big Mascot
Charlie Choker, Big Mascot
Charlie Choker, Big Mascot