Cayenne the pepper, which is UL's unofficial mascot, mysteriously disappeared after the 2013 football season and no one has seen or heard from him since then. He is known for firing up the crowd during the football season and scaring kids on Halloween, even though he isn't nearly as creepy as the King Cake baby that the Pelicans use. That's the creepiest mascot out there.
There's a few rumors going around as to what happened to him. The first, which is definitely the most unlikely, is that the university ran out of money to support his drinking habits, because everyone knows Cajuns like to drink. The second rumor is that he went to travel the world and never came back or that the university is eventually going to come up with a new mascot. He could also be an undercover detective for the F.B.I., but we won't ever know if that's true.
One thing that is for sure is that the search for Cayenne hasn't stopped. The last place he was spotted was the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in 2013, when the Cajuns played in the New Orleans Bowl. As the game ended in celebration for the Cajun faithful, Cayenne was able to slip away without anyone noticing. Fans didn't notice he was gone until the next football season when he wasn't on the sidelines. The questions began swirling around. such as, "Where in the world is Cayenne?"
In my opinion, I think he disappeared that season because the university came to the unrealistic conclusion that they didn't have enough money for new costumes. Wait- you mean to tell me that a university that can barely afford real toilet paper can't afford a new mascot? That can't be true. They can raise tuition, but suddenly can't find the money to get new costumes.
I, like most fans, thought he just went on a little break, but season after season came and he wasn't there. This made me think that he just went on a really long vacation trying to find a pepper that had close to the same spiciness as him.This way there could be new peppers and we would have a new mascot. Another theory is that ULM kidnapped him and is still holding him for ransom and they won't give him up until we give them some wins, which won't happen.
It's to be seen as what happened to him, but the Cajun faithful just need to keep asking questions because this is definitely a cold case that needs to be solved as soon as possible. He's out there somewhere and you may find him with Harambe. Find Cayenne and make him great again.
