North Bend, Oregon -
Piranha sculpture

This is located about two miles north of North Bend, Oregon, north of the McCullough Bridge that spans Coos Bay, on the west side of Highway 101 -- right at the north end of a passing zone, if you want to get needlessly precise about it. This site was often used for scrap-wood sculpture a few years ago, but the practice seems to have more or less ceased lately. It reminds me of the mud-flat art I used to see in Emoryville, California. [Jerry Smith, 08/09/1999]

[RA: A crab has joined the piranha, according to an Aug 2000 tipster.]

Along Highway 1 in Oregon, just North of the California/Oregon border, there is a long stretch of wilderness. Out in a field, alongside the highway, someone has built a piranha out of old boards and a life preserver for an eye. The fish appears to be rising from the ground, mouth open. It stands maybe 10 feet high and 6-7 feet long and has nasty, pointed teeth. There are no signs, no explanation for the thing. When I first saw it I thought it was a pile of rubble. Been several years (1990) since I saw this. [Susan Hough, 06/10/1998]