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Captain Fear

Captain Fear, a Caribbean pirate captain, is the official mascot of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He has blue eyes, black hair, thick eyebrows, and a full beard. He has been the mascot of the Buccaneers since June 2000. He replaced a parrot mascot known as Skully. He was originally played by Mike Mashke until his retirement in 2006.

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Captain Fear in a photograph with several members of the US Coast Guard at a football game in 2014. source ↗

Captain Fear, a Caribbean pirate captain, is the official mascot of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.1 He has blue eyes, black hair, thick eyebrows, and a full beard. He has been the mascot of the Buccaneers since June 2000. He replaced a parrot mascot known as Skully.2 He was originally played by Mike Mashke until his retirement in 2006.3

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  1. "Captain Fear". Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. "CAPTAIN FEAR!". www.buccaneers.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  3. "After 7 years, man behind Captain Fear ending career". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
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