I'm still not having any luck finding any of the life size and lifelike figures?

I've seen them in several places, mostly truckstops along the freeway and novelty shops. I imagine they are very much antiques by now. One place I saw them was a restaurant and the owners had placed these lifelike dolls in different seats around the restaurant. I can't remember if the heads were carved out of wood or not but the bodies seem to be stuffed and they were dressed in different costumes, such as native americans, cowboys and saloon girls. They were incredibly lifelike and it was almost eerie being surrounded by them, almost twilight zone feeling. :) I would really like to find out what they were called and who the artist(s) were. I've tried everything I can think of to search for them online, but nothing I've typed in seems to help. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.