Sad news out of Mirror Lake on Wednesday afternoon. Afroduck, the iconic Mirror Lake figure who made the man-made lake his fiefdom for the better part of the last decade, is dead.
Ohio State students took to Twitter to pay their respects to the greatest Buckeye legend this side of Braxton Miller:
The duck. The myth. The legend. Gone too soon. #RIPAfroduck pic.twitter.com/RSPLzs69oR
— LumberJaxson (@jaxsonromano27) January 27, 2016
#RIPAfroDuck pic.twitter.com/2bhRKHCsEt
— WW (@CANTGUARDWELSH) January 27, 2016
His last appearance on snapchat- "Afroduck is so chill tonight" THATS BC HE WAS DYING YOU EVIL PERSON. #RIPafroduck pic.twitter.com/DJiPrc62Xe
— my rain duh (@myrainduh) January 27, 2016
RIP Afroduck. This school won't be the same without you. #RIPafroduck #OurHero pic.twitter.com/IJJTPria6c
— my rain duh (@myrainduh) January 27, 2016
The loss of AfroDuck is the biggest loss the animal community has seen since we lost Lil' Sebastian #RipAfroDuck
— Evan Sizemore (@theothrsizemore) January 27, 2016
Though his body may be limp, his spirit will live on in all of us. #RIPAfroduck
— Bria D (@GeniusCrackers) January 27, 2016
@11W Just walked past. A sad sight indeed. pic.twitter.com/vcTDNMD6Ne
— Jonathan Schulman (@JonSchulman2) January 27, 2016
The good news is Afroduck now rests easily in Buckeye Animal Heaven, where he's no doubt toasting with Whitey, the albino squirrel tragically killed by a hawk in 2007.