vote for the most terrifying gigantic statue of all time

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We have one of those in Rahm Emanuel, he just doesn't seem to be that big into statues.

Jeff, Monday, 22 February 2016 13:47 (eight years ago) link

Don't you have the giant dog that wears the McMahon headbands or whatever?

pplains, Monday, 22 February 2016 14:21 (eight years ago) link

Pasadena has a couple of large heads, but they're not frightening (Jackie and Mack Robinson).

http://twointhemiddle.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Robinson-Memorial.jpg

Also a giant fork.

http://travelswithmaitaitom.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/P1000972-487x650.jpg

Installed as a prank, but the people liked it enough that the the city re-mounted it and made it official.

nickn, Monday, 22 February 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link

I'm not sure Melbourne has any giant statues I can think of. Hm apart from this one I guess:

http://dyob.com.au/sites/default/files/experiences/Heavenly-Queen-Temple.jpg

And I'd hardly call that terrifying.

Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Monday, 22 February 2016 23:23 (eight years ago) link

video of men rappelling down the side of motherland calls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAlyQqB2S1g

ulysses, Monday, 22 February 2016 23:33 (eight years ago) link

construction stills with terrifying head musculature at 1.29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dAje1XF94g

ulysses, Monday, 22 February 2016 23:37 (eight years ago) link

jersey city one terrifying for good reasons

μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 00:36 (eight years ago) link

I used to live in JC and was always struck by the Katyn memorial. Intense as hell.

on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 05:21 (eight years ago) link

construction stills with terrifying head musculature at 1.29

Jesus. This thing is filled with the remains of Stalin's enemies, isn't it?

gamelan ankylosing spondylitis (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 08:31 (eight years ago) link

i found a friend for the lobster:

http://www.roadarch.com/06/7/solep.jpg

François Pitchforkian (NickB), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 10:05 (eight years ago) link

^ Worcester, MA

François Pitchforkian (NickB), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 10:05 (eight years ago) link

Not especially huge but it was odd going past Dashi Namdakov's feline statue at Marble Arch last year because it kinda looked like the statue of the demon Pazuzu from the Exorcist.

MaresNest, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 10:14 (eight years ago) link

Dude you're huge!

http://dangerousminds.net/content/uploads/images/buffjeausu1sdfsdfsdf.jpg

Yada yada, must do a lot of crossfit ...

nickn, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 22:41 (eight years ago) link

Dozens of gigantic, if not terrifying, presidential statues lost and alone in a field:

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/02/presidents-park-patrick-joust/

ledge, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 13:50 (eight years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/WYE0K03.jpg

Oh c'mon. Someone did that on purpose.

pplains, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 14:27 (eight years ago) link

Oh man, that reminds me of the defaced Ferdinand Marcos statue:

http://i67.tinypic.com/35n6kr7.jpg

I think it's totally destroyed now.

Mongolian Cow Yoghurt Supergirl (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link

Giant Hosni Mubarak statue was also literally defaced...

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/8/9/1312906128241/Defaced-statue-of-Hosni-M-007.jpg

François Pitchforkian (NickB), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 15:58 (eight years ago) link

Man that is one freaky remix.

Mongolian Cow Yoghurt Supergirl (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 25 February 2016 07:32 (eight years ago) link

fantastic

Karl Malone, Friday, 4 March 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link

least horrifying imo

ulysses, Friday, 4 March 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link

terrifying when you consider the energy/calorie ratio for that. what a waste of water

Karl Malone, Friday, 4 March 2016 18:30 (eight years ago) link

now a giant lentil, now we're talking

Karl Malone, Friday, 4 March 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link

http://blueearthchamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0014.jpg

nomar, Friday, 4 March 2016 18:34 (eight years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/KTg2XZB.jpg

Karl Malone, Friday, 4 March 2016 18:40 (eight years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/b9iQysB.jpg

Karl Malone, Friday, 4 March 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link

https://rocketpoweredfist.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/img_06321.jpg

nomar, Friday, 4 March 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link

i didn't know the jolly green giant had his own statue; and in minny of all places

F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 4 March 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link

"giant monkey statue" is a rewarding GIS

ulysses, Friday, 4 March 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link

Really didn't need to see an upskirt pap of the jolly green giant.

emil.y, Friday, 4 March 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link

there used to be a statue in Ohio called Touchdown Jesus, but it was struck by lightning and burned (before and after pics below)

http://stupidevilbastard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Touchdown_jesus.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/06/15/article-0-0A0BFCC2000005DC-635_634x391.jpg

nomar, Friday, 4 March 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link

if you make a flammable statue you deserve the worst

ogmor, Friday, 4 March 2016 20:57 (eight years ago) link

Cloth Jesus, Wire Jesus

bearded flack trickster god (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 5 March 2016 08:30 (eight years ago) link

Who knew God was a member of the Taliban.

pplains, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 16:14 (eight years ago) link

I mean, I guess the Taliban's been saying that for years

pplains, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 16:15 (eight years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/h8eAdTK.jpg

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 00:52 (eight years ago) link

that looks like David Tennant.

(also, wtf is it?)

Roz, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 03:24 (eight years ago) link

looks like Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice

Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 03:26 (eight years ago) link

yep. for some reason Colin Firth's shirt in Pride and Prejudice was trending on facebook so I had to jog my memory, and that was one of the google image search results

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 03:31 (eight years ago) link

hahaha so weird

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 05:58 (eight years ago) link

i remember when that was in the serpentine - there were some other large sculptures there as well, a large hand iirr. anyway I swim there p much daily during the non-winter months, and swimming around and under them felt bloody odd, like I was a Lilliputian or something.

Fizzles, Friday, 11 March 2016 10:13 (eight years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/PfBDRIC.jpg

, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 12:21 (eight years ago) link

two months pass...

http://i.imgur.com/Y0lu52N.jpg

, Sunday, 29 May 2016 14:15 (seven years ago) link


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