Remembering Big Lou the Emu
Atlanta Magazine
Atlanta has long been known as a home for transplants: Folks from all over the world come here to find their place and make a life. That was also true for Big Lou, an emu that arrived in the city in 1994. After living nearly three decades in the Lake Claire Community Land Trust (LCCLT), the local celebrity passed away peacefully on July 28.
Noah Glassman was 15 years old when he convinced his parents to purchase an emu from a Sandy Springs seller with a backyard full of them. The cost? Fifty bucks. “I thought it would be interesting and exciting,” he says.