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« Previous EntriesKidnapped Hot Dog Man Found Buried
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Hot Dog Man is a popular, if relatively recent, mass-produced roadside statue: a six-foot-tall, bun-wrapped wiener, licking his lips in anticipation as he pours ketchup on his own head. The saucy sausage has been reported from New Jersey to Washington. And last month, a Hot Dog Man in Earlysville, Virginia, made the [...]
No Monument For Mummy Group, No Monument For Nobody
Thursday, May 8th, 2008A religious group named Summum, based in a golden pyramid in Salt Lake City, has blocked the erection of a monument for some World War II soldiers who died in a plane crash.
An article in the Deseret News tries to unwind the complicated tale. Apparently, Summum wants to erect a monument of [...]
Fruit Jar Man Dies; Museum Closed
Monday, May 5th, 2008Phil Robinson, collector and owner of the World’s Only Fruit Jar Museum, Muncie, Indiana died today. The timing is eerie — we’d just heard over the weekend Phil had decided to close his museum and have a friend sell off the 4,000 piece collection via eBay and auctions (an estimated value of $300k). We’d hoped [...]
Billy Carter Gas Station Museum Opens
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008A brief story in today’s Fort Mill Times announces the opening of the Billy Carter Service Station Museum in Plains, Georgia. Billy was the colorful kid brother of President Jimmy Carter. He would sit in a lawn chair outside of his gas station, usually with a beer in hand, voicing opinions about everything [...]
Has Water Monster’s Daughter Fallen From Grace?
Friday, May 2nd, 2008An article in the Charleston Daily Mail hints at current dissatisfaction with one of West Virginia’s more enigmatic attractions, “Water Monster’s Daughter” — a big rock covered with a mysterious carving, sometimes described as a deformed girl. Was it scratched by Indian shamans in the 1830s, or bored teenagers in the 1970s? The [...]
Bare-Bones Effort For Big Gator
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008A story in the Florida Times-Union details the ongoing efforts to preserve Oscar, the largest-known alligator in Georgia. When Oscar died in Okefenokee Swamp last year, Park officials found to their dismay that they did not have the budget to stuff him. Instead, Oscar’s body was left outside to be eaten by insects. [...]
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- Kidnapped Hot Dog Man Found Buried
- No Monument For Mummy Group, No Monument For Nobody
- Fruit Jar Man Dies; Museum Closed
- Billy Carter Gas Station Museum Opens
- Has Water Monster’s Daughter Fallen From Grace?
- Bare-Bones Effort For Big Gator
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