A Piece Of Lost Spyro The Dragon History Was Found In An Oregon Gas Station
A long-lost statue of Spyro the Dragon was discovered in an abandoned gas station in St. Helens, Oregon. The statue, originally used to promote the game 'Spyro: Year of the Dragon' at E3 in 2000, had been missing for several years. A fan named Momoka tracked down the statue after seeing it in a video and contacted the current property owner to confirm its location.
- ▪The Spyro statue was originally displayed at Sony's E3 booth in 2000.
- ▪After being stored in a warehouse, the statue was given to a building owner and later displayed at The Arc Arcade until it closed in 2017.
- ▪Momoka discovered the statue's location through social media and conducted a search that led them to the gas station.
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| Publication time | Sat, 23 May 2026 12:00:15 +0000 |
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By Kenneth Shepard Published May 23, 2026 𝕏 Copied! It’s been a long time since Spyro the Dragon was in the spotlight, but back in the original PlayStation days, the purple firebreathing dragon stood alongside Crash Bandicoot as one half of Sony’s ‘90s mascot duo. Though both series are owned by Activision now, there are still remnants out in the world of the days when these two were the faces of PlayStation. One such relic, a statue of Spyro that was used to promote 2000’s Spyro: Year of the Dragon at E3 that year, has been recovered by a fan who found it sitting in a random gas station in St. Helens, Oregon.
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