Weird NJ Visits Lucy the Elephant

Join Mark and Mark as they visit Margate, NJ's palacial pachyderm, Lucy. http://weirdnj.com/stories/lucytheele...

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[Jckojcko]

my great uncle is the man who built Lucy! James V Lafferty!!! Lucy was not repaired till after 1977. My family went up there that summer and took pictures with us kids infront of Lucy! I have been up several times since, last time was in June of 2005 and she looks great!

[mjfaninpa]

my mom was in the elephant when she was a child and she said the you could slide down it's trunk

[snowbird29803]

I spent a lot of time in that area when I was a kid, and in 1968-69 had a GF in Margate. We spent some fun times inside Lucy. Glad to see she is restored now. She was gutted inside and generally dilapidated all over the last time I saw her. I'm going to add a visit to her to my 'Bucket-list'. I know I'll get back to NJ someday. Hello Shelly!

[thehistorygirlnj]

I love Lucy! She is such an amazing part of NJ history.

[allthebest501]

Thanks for posting this. We missed the beginning of the tour and the guy refused to show us the beginning of the video, which would've taken 5 minutes. Don't bother paying for the tour, this film says way better and the tour guide is a lot nicer and informative than the guy we got.

[doinURmom609]

my mom told me the elephant was actualy a restarunt

[Fred H]

I remember seeing this when I was a kid on a family vacation to NJ. My mother told me that it had been a hotel, which, while being a popular story, is not true.

[TheMoonCrystal]

My boyfriend's father is a Margate fire fighter. He said he gets so many false calls to Lucy the Elephant.

[pAnic20059]

how is this not more well known?

[Ayame12354]

I go to school in Margate. <3

[metallicafan25285]

saw Lucy on my way down to wildwood...it was pretty cool. no complaints