Happy Hodag Birthday

The School District of Rhinelander celebrated the hodag’s 130th birthday with its second annual Hodag Day at the Hodag Dome Wednesday, Dec. 6. According to a SDR Facebook post, more than 850 people turned out for the event, which included a wide range of activities from face painting, caricatures, a live Hodag story, bounce houses, many games, and birthday cookies for everyone as they left the party. Pictured: In a nod to how hodag creator Eugene Shepard originally displayed his mythical beast, Kerry Bloedorn shows off his “live hodag” in a box.