New Orleans Pelicans Unveil Mascot And It Is Kind Of Creepy

Meet Pierre the Pelican.

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by Michael Rusch

BuzzFeed News Reporter

Posted on October 31, 2013, 1:03 am

New Orleans Pelicans
@PelicansNBA
Introducing your new mascot Pierre the Pelican!
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Twitter had some great reactions to the news:

darthpotatoweenâ„¢
@darth
@atotalmonet @Adam_Jacobi @themarkberman â€œTHEY ALL FLOAT DOWN HERE PELICANS FANSâ€
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Barbados Hightower
@SnottieDrippen
Pelicans mascot from the depths of hell
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Matty Make it Rain
@grand_zoobah
The pelicans new mascot looks like a cross between big bird and Oscar the grouch
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Jacob Fischler
@ItsFischy
Big ole nope to this
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Halloween Guy
@samir
HI MOM MEET MY FIANCÃ‰
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Sam Sutherland
@samsthrlnd
Straight up the Pelicans mascot is just a monster from Poultrygeist. Right, @lloydkaufman @tromateamvideo?
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Mike Tunison
@xmasape
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kooC yaJ diputS
@jackdeucesuited
I think I know where the #Pelicans got the inspiration for their crazy-looking mascot...
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