You've heard of animals as town mascots but have you ever heard of A GIANT BEACH BALL as town mascot?!
A huge, four-foot-tall beach ball randomly showed up in Stoughton, Wisconsin . . . population 12,611. Well, 12,612 if you count "Rolie Polie Ole," which is what the town has nicknamed their new celebrity "hero."
It all started a few weeks ago when a local Facebook post asked whose ball it was. They never figured it out, but the town has adopted it as their mascot . . . taking turns pushing it around, kicking it to each other, taking selfies with it, and signing it.
The local fire department has stepped in to help keep the ball fixed up, patched, and inflated.
It's unclear what the long-term plan for it is. There's been talk of naming a park after it. But the town generally seems content to just enjoy seeing it around town, and use it as a fun distraction from everything else going on.