Postcard provided by Mark Stauter.

World's Largest Goose
Sumner, Missouri

Maxie has hovered over Sumner Community Park like poultry on steroids since 1976. Named for the Branta Canadensis Maxima, Maxie stands 40 feet tall, weighs 5,500 pounds and has a 65-foot wingspan. He’s lighted at night. Designed by a Kansas City sculptor and dedicated by former Gov. Christopher “Kit” Bond, he was christened by the Goose Festival Queen with a bottle of Grand River water.

“In a 20-mile wind,Maxie turns slightly. You can look right at him and not see him move,but before long he is facing a different direction,” says Annette Epperson, who was chairperson of Sumner ’s American Bicentennial goose project.
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