Scout has named the most unusual mascot in each U.S. state, and in some cases it wasn't easy to narrow the list to just one. (Especially in the state described in the video above.) Read on to find out where fans are proud to call themselves Hoboes, Hot Dogs, Obezags and more.

Alabama

Lanier (Montgomery) Poets

Renown poet Sidney Lanier has two lakes and several schools named after him, but only Lanier High's student athletes are true Poets in motion.

Alaska

Aniak Halfbreeds

This mascot is strange to those unfamiliar with this southwest Alaskan region, which is inhabited by descendants of white settlers and Yup'ik Eskimos.

Arizona

Yuma Criminals

In 1910, after a fire damaged Yuma's school, the city used a converted prison for a few years. A rival school derisively dubbed them the Criminals, and the name stuck.

Arkansas

Arkansas School for the Deaf Leopards

These Deaf Leopards were playing 40 years before the English rock band Def Leppard formed. This remarkable coincidence has no doubt boosted apparel sales for this 168-year-old school.

California

Vintage (Napa) Crushers

California has wisely dropped some of its more offensive mascots. (Remember the Coachella Valley Arabs? We're trying to forget.) So let's pay respect to the Vintage Crushers, a rare nickname that honors local industry yet still sounds cool.

Colorado

Rocky Ford Meloneers

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Why the Meloneers, you ask? Rocky Ford grads respond, why not! Mostly because they don't know. The origin of the mascot may be unknown, but the logo is nothing short of awesome.

Connecticut

Avon Old Farms Winged Beavers

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When the mighty Winged Beavers roll into town, you best be bringing your A-game.

Delaware

Archmere Acacdemy (Claymont) Auks

Salesianum High in Wilmington goes by the Sallies, a charming nickname that almost made our list. But who are we to disappoint Vice President (and proud Auk) Joe Biden and his penguin-like sea bird mascot?

Florida

Laurel Hill Hoboes

You can decide whether this mascot celebrates the history of migratory laborers or makes light of the homeless.

Georgia

Cairo Syrupmakers

The Cairo syrup factory that inspired this distinctive mascot relocated in 2002.

Hawaii

Punahou Buff and Blue

What we wish were a nod to skinny dipping in frigid Pacific currents is in fact a reference to this school's colors.

Idaho

Orofino Maniacs

Locals who back the name deny that it's a reference to a nearby hospital that treats mentally ill patients. Regardless, it's surprising this insensitive nickname has survived to this day.

Illinois

Freeburg Midgets

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Midgets tops the most offensive mascot lists for understandable reasons. The Little People of America association has called for Freeburg to change the mascot, which the school has held since a sportswriter dubbed them "midgets" after a David-and-Goliath upset win. Freeburg officials have resisted all efforts to change the mascot.

This may not even be the strangest mascot in the state. Illinois is also home to the Centralia Orphans, who were named from a sportswriter's comment in the 1940s that the team's "ragged uniforms" made them look "like a bunch of orphans."

Indiana

Frankfort Hot Dogs

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Frankfort is named after the German city and home to the Frankfurter Würstchen, the hot dog's European cousin.

Iowa

Sheldon ORABs

What happens when you mix orange and black? You get the ORABs, named for Sheldon's school colors.

Kansas

Hesston Swathers

This snarling logo for the Swathers (a hay-cutting machine) ranks among the nation's old-school best.

Kentucky

Somerset Briar Jumpers

A briar jumper is a rabbit, but why Somerset chose this mascot is lost to the ages.

Louisiana

Crowley Ladies and Gentlemen

Ladies and gentlemen, no one knows the story behind this classy mascot!

Maine

Little (Auburn) Red Eddies

Philanthropist Edward Little donated the land the school is built upon, and they paid him back by naming their sports teams the Red Eddies.

Maryland

Key (Anapolis) Obezags

According to Max Preps, there is speculation that three gazebos once stood on the school grounds, and, just for kicks, they spelled it in reverse order. Not surprisingly, the name didn't catch on with any other school in the country.

Massachusetts

St. Clement (Medford) Anchormen

St. Clement has heard all the Ron Burgandy jokes, thank you.

Michigan

Watersmeet Nimrods

Michigan could've had a dozen on this list. After all, it's home to Martians, Jungaleers, Battling Bathers, Doughboys and several other odd mascots. Nimrod was more popularly associated with the mighty biblical hunter until Bugs Bunny used the term to tease Elmer Fudd.

Minnesota

Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms

Blooming Prairie has been the Blossoms for more than 100 years and added Awesome shortly after the above logo was designed in 1979.

Mississippi

Stanislaus (Bay St. Louis) Rock-a-Chaw

Rock-A-Chaw comes from an old Choctaw word meaning devil grass, referring to those field burrs that get snagged in your socks.

Missouri

Hickman (Columbia) Kewpies

Kewpie dolls were all the rage in the 1900s when, according to lore, a Hickman school secretary placed one at midcourt during a basketball game. The doll somehow survived unscathed, and the most adorable mascot in America was christened shortly thereafter.

Montana

Chinook Beeters

Beeters refers to the town's sugar beet farming heritage and to the team's purported winning prowess. The pair of whirling beaters on the logo is an inspired bonus.

Nebraska

Columbus Discoverers

The town and school are named for Christopher Columbus, who navigated his masted ships across the Great Plains to Nebraska in the late 1400s.

Nevada

Gabbs Tarantulas

"Let's name our team after horrible, hairy spiders that no one likes." -- Gabbs High Mascot Naming Committee

New Hampshire

Newmarket Mules

Despite their bad-ass donkey logo, the school's mascot stems from the term used for the boys who toiled in the town's factories

New Jersey

Fair Lawn Cutters

Legend has it that newspapers named the Cutters after a group of football players who skipped class. Suspended for the first half of a big game, they led the team to victory in the second half. It's a testament to truancy!

New Mexico

Bataan Military Academy (Alburquerque) Fighting Sea Lions

New Mexico's mascots are pretty mundane. Even the Fighting Sea Lions isn't as whimsical as it sounds; it's named for a mythical Irish beast.

New York

Fredonia Hillbillies

Hillbilly has always been a derogatory term, yet this small school's nickname survives. Perhaps no one wants to admit they're offended by the term?

North Carolina

Cary Imps

There has been very little outcry from the mischievous devil community over Cary's use of Imps as a mascot.

North Dakota

New Salem Holsteins

New Salem is dairy country and proud of it. In addition to Holstein sports, it's home to the massive sculpture of a Holstein cow called Salem Sue.

Ohio

Crooksville Ceramics

Proof that naming the high school sports team after the local industry isn't always a good idea.

Oklahoma

Hooker Horny Toads

Here's a name that clearly harkens back to a time before the age of irony.

Oregon

Tillamook Cheesemakers

It'd be disappointing to learn that a high school in Tillamook wasn't named after cheese.

Pennsylvania

Williamsport Millionaires

For a time in the late 1800s, the booming lumber industry generated more millionaires per capita in Williamsport than anywhere else in the world. (That's a top hat, rose and white gloves at midfield above.) Imagine a new Silicon Valley high school calling itself the Billionaires today!

Rhode Island

Mt. Pleasant (Providence) Kilties

There's a certain Boy-Named-Sue quality to the Mt. Pleasant mascot. With a mascot like Kiltie, you know they must be tough.

South Carolina

Mullins Auctioneers

The school used to be known as the Tornados until it needed funds for new uniforms. Local tobacco tradesmen pitched in, and, in response, Mullins changed its mascot to salute the auctioneering process for tobacco sales.

South Dakota

Sturgis Brown Scoopers

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The Scooper Sam logo belies the truth behind Sturgis Brown's mascot. In the 1800s, traveling cavalrymen complained that Sturgis merchants "scooped" them of their paychecks. It's a testament to overpriced goods!

Tennessee

Webb (Bell Buckle) Feet

Dignity be damned! The folks at the Webb School just couldn't resist a pun. They get the nod here over the Chattanooga Central Purple Pounders.

Texas

New Braunfels Unicorns

Texas has some great school mascots beyond the New Braunfels Unicorns (where "Unicorn Pride is Justified.") They include the Frost Polar Bears, the Calhoun Sand Crabs, the Mesquite Skeeters and the Winters Blzzards.

Utah

Carbon Dinos

Carbon Dinos sounds like a paleontology procedure, but it's the mascot for this Utah town's school, located not far from where dino bones were discovered.

Vermont

Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans) Bobwhites

Whether the Bobwhites are named after a type of bird or, as some believe, a former athletic department staffer named Bob White is still in dispute.

Virginia

Fluvanna County (Palmyra) Flying Flucos

The Flying Flucos, which is an abbreviation of Fluvanna County, sounds like something you'd say after getting cut off on the freeway.

Washington

Blaine Borderites

Blaine is a US-Canada border town near the famed Peace Arch shown above, so the name makes sense, though it's got to be challenge to create a rhyming cheer and a mascot outfit for the Boderites. Washington state's least peaceful mascot is Richland High School's Bombers. Named after World War II, the Bombers feature a nuclear blast's mushroom cloud on their football helmets.

West Virginia

Poca Dots

It'd be a crime for Poca's teams to be called anything BUT the Dots. If there's a better marriage of town name and school mascot in America, we've yet to come across it.

Wisconsin

Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts

A sportswriter coined this team's mascot after describing a game in which Kaukauna played in all-white uniforms.

Wyoming

Newcastle Dogies

It's a bit sad to be named after a motherless calf, but that's offset by the potential to sing "Rawhide" at games. "Keep those dogies moving, Rawhide…"