The most creepy talismans in the history of sports

Everyone loves talismans! Well, you know, these cute soft cartoonish full-size figures with huge heads that wander around the edges of the playing field and give fans. Yes, they are wonderful. Except that in most cases they are simply terribly creepy. These huge eyes with a stiff look. This mouth, which froze in a psychotic grin. The very fact that inside is a living person. It's horrible. But which of these anthropomorphized heifers of hell are the worst of the worst? Here are the most creepy talismans of the sport world.

Baby Kingkake

This walking abomination from the Pelicans from New Orleans is so terrible that it actually makes the rest of the list unnecessary. "Pelicans" reported that this horror was created in order to pay tribute to some New Orleans tradition, which includes baking the image of the baby on the cake. What a nightmare? From the side it looks more like it was one of the projects for a new horror film. The baby "Kingkake" is a talisman that is absolutely wrong according to all the criteria, and so much that it makes you wonder whether the existence of sports is worth it for the world to see it.

Hip Hop Rabbit

It's hard to believe, but somehow someone associated with "Seventy-sixth" from Philadelphia seems to have said something like this: "We need a giant muscular rabbit that wears rapper clothes and black glasses, and also We need him to do tricks during the break. " In a normal situation, someone had to say to such a proposal: "Tie with mescaline." But no! Instead, the compand created the Hip-Hop rabbit and his assistant, Lil Hip-hop. You know, the fans are now scolding the leadership for how badly the team plays basketball, but they at least refused to use such a talisman.

Neveu and Glies

If you ever cried "My God, what is this?", Then you most likely saw Neve and Glis, two mascots of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. The designer who is responsible for creating these two walking nightmares, reports that they are humanized versions of snowball and ice cube, which represent friendship and joy. Apparently, in Italy their ideas about the friendship of joy, because these talismans, rather, represent the embodiment of suicidal thoughts from advertising antidepressants.

Wushock

Not one person has already noticed that the mascot of Wichita University looks like Gordon Ramzi, who suffers from jaundice. However, it was originally assumed that Wushock will be a crazy sheaf of wheat, which, in principle, is no worse than the version with Gordon Ramzi. Since Wushock was born in 1948, he had several variations, but each had one defining feature: they were all incredibly creepy.

Billyken

Billiken already had a long and strange story before he became a mascot of the University of St. Louis. Billyken was created at the end of the twentieth century, and it looks like a mixture of Buddha and Gollum. Surprisingly, Billyiken suddenly became popular both in America and in Japan. People specially looked for his figures to buy them for their own home, which is the opposite of the instinct, indicating that immediately ignite the first Billyiken, whom you will see. And the mascot of St. Louis - this is one of the most eerie versions of Billyken, since in this case he can move of his own free will, and at any moment you can turn around and see his face.

Boltmann

The most terrible fact about Boltman ("Chargers" from San Diego) is that he is not even the official talisman of the team. Yes, that's right: one of the fans suddenly decided to become the worst nightmare and created the Boltman costume, which he puts on every game. Events took an unexpected turn when he signed a contract with the "Chargers", according to which Boltmann became the team's talisman. However, immediately after that he filed a suit against the court, because he did not receive the payment he was counting on. According to him, he estimated the costume of Boltman at fifteen thousand dollars.

Wenlock and Mandeville

If you thought that no mascot of the Olympic Games could be more creepy than what the audience saw in Turin in 2006, you are mistaken. The 2012 Olympic Games in London took up the challenge! Say hello to Venloc and Mandeville, which very much resemble microbes that you can see by looking under a microscope a drop of water from the swamp, but only a giant size and with one huge eye. Moreover, Wenlock and Mandeville starred in an animated series dedicated exclusively to them, and also received their own song.

Unter

Yunter is the official mascot of the German football club Borussia from Mönchengladbach. This is also the sound that you publish at the sight of this psychotic under-horse. This talisman is named in honor of the legendary player of the club Gunther Netzer. What an honor! Moreover, Yunter also has his own column in the magazine of the club, as well as his own section on the site.

Suri

Here are the facts that are known at the moment: Suri was created for the 2011 America's Football Cup in Argentina, and it was assumed that this would be a nandu, a flightless bird belonging to an ostrich relative. And here are opinions about this, which are known to date: what turned out in the end, it turned out to be a nightmare of Lovecraft's scales. And literally, because only with the help of non-Euclidean geometry can you explain how the head and neck of this bird look. What can we say about the eyes. And eyebrows.

Dundee

Well, finally, the amazing story of Dundee - this is how the New York Yankees called it something. Well, you understand? The Yankees? Dundee? Yes, it's just an incredible reference and an amazing joke! In fact, only the "Yankees" here have exposed themselves as real clowns. In 1978, the owner of the team, George Steinbrenner learned that "Philadelphia" earns a lot of money selling the figures of the mascot Philly Fanatic. Being greedy for money, he decided to create his own talisman. However, there was one problem: both George himself and everyone who was involved in the realization of the idea hated the talismans. As a result, although the contract with Dundee was signed for two years, he used it only for a couple of weeks.