Friday, April 1, 2011

See what? - 6 weird statues

1- Sky Pillar.
The 30ft statue, named Sky Pillar, has been built at Longwan Shaman Amusement Park in Changchun city. Builders wrapped more than 6,500ft of straw around the steel structure which stands on an altar atop 1,250ft high Qinlong Hill.


2- Shark Monument
The Shark became the most famous resident of Headington (Oxford, UK) when it landed in the roof of 2 New High Street on August 9, 1986. This ordinary home (built as a semi-detached house in about 1860 but now attached by a link to a second house to the north) suddenly became the centre of world attention, and the headless shark still excites interest today.


3- Upside-down Monument to La Trobe
This contemporary monument to Charles La Trobe in central Melbourne was removed at the end of June 2006 and has been acquired by La Trobe University.

4 - Magic tap
The "Magic tap" (found in "Aqualand" of Cadiz, Spain), appears to float in the sky with an endless supply of water. Actually, there is a pipe hidden in the stream of water that holds the whole structure.


5 - The Fremont troll
The Fremont troll has been lurking under the north end of the Aurora bridge since 1990. He was sculpted by four Seattle area artists — Steve Badanes, Will Martin, Donna Walter and Ross Whitehead — for the Fremont Arts Council. The head-and-shoulders sculpture is 18-ft. tall.

6 - Melting Cow 
Found in a square in Budapest.


-CaptainCoochie

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