Why Is There an Elephant Statue in This Eat’n Park Parking Lot?

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Why Is There an Elephant Statue in This Eat’n Park Parking Lot?

PHOTO BY HUCK BEARD As far as we’re aware, only one living resident of Somerset County has his own statue — and he’s an elephant. The Jackson the Elephant Statue can be found not far from the Somerset exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, standing — somewhat surprisingly — in the parking lot of an Eat’n Park. (And he dutifully fills one parking space, staying well inside the lines.) The real Jackson is a longtime resident of the International Conse…