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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Ponyhenge

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Lincoln, Massachusetts is home to one of the strangest pony herds you’re likely to see - and it’s been growing for more than a decade. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ponyhenge

Transcript

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0:00.0

On a finger-freezing December morning, I met up with my colleague Diana Hubble to do

0:14.4

something we'd been planning for a long time.

0:17.9

We headed out to Lincoln, Massachusetts, staying out with some regionally famous animals.

0:23.0

But maybe not the kind you'd expect.

0:25.9

Lincoln is a small town, home to roughly 6,000 people, and more than a few farms.

0:32.2

And when we pulled over on the side of the winding, two-lane road, we were greeted by a couple

0:37.4

of sheep and a llama.

0:38.8

And a llama's over there?

0:40.6

But that's not who we were here to see.

0:43.8

Guys, we were here for the ponies.

0:46.8

Oh, it's a pony.

0:48.8

It's a pony lover.

0:49.8

That's what it is.

0:50.8

It's really cute.

0:53.2

So we walk out into a field and are surrounded by maybe 50 of them.

0:58.7

They're beautiful and weird and arranged in concentric circles.

1:04.1

And I should add, none of them are alive.

1:07.1

Not that they're dead, they're just inanimate.

1:10.9

We've got vintage rocking horses, giant wooden hobby horses, spray-painted plastic ones.

1:18.6

Nextively, they make up one of the most unusual herds you'll ever see.

1:24.1

And within the community, they are legendary.

1:31.3

I'm Abby Peralt, and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible

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