A man in a Jeep sidled up beside them and rolled down his window. "It sure is an eye-catcher," he told them. Mardi Gras Mike, an homage to LSU's mascot, is a creation of Kern Studios.

The API failed to deliver the resource. First Alert 6's Maria Cade shares the background of LSU's Mardi Gras Mike the Tiger.

BATON ROUGE, La. — As LSU baseball heads to Omaha to compete in the College World Series, the tigers are bringing Mardi Gras Mike with them. Kern Studios designed the 30-foot-long parade float ...

NATCHEZ — A 13.5-foot-tall and 31-foot-long fiberglass Mike the Tiger made its way through Natchez on Wednesday afternoon to get to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The Kern Studios ...