Penn State Nittany Lion Tradition - What's a Nittany Lion? - Click here!!

A detailed timeline of how Penn State Football began, the Nittany Lion Mascot was established and how Harrison D. Mason "Joe" the story of the "Legendary Nittany Mountain Lion.
The United States of America's Universities often times have unique traditions that come about in unseen ways. This one is no different. Also, Penn State must have a tradition of losing statues, two stone pillars that were 25 feet tall with lions mounted on them were mysteriously lost when they were removed to instal a new gate at the entrance to campus.
How does one lose two ton statues?