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Pataha, Washington: Plate Metal Creatures (Gone)

An eagle, shark, dinosaur, and alligator appear next to a highway, all made of jointed plate metal.

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Plate Metal Creatures

These sculptures were made by welding hundreds of used mower teeth from tractor sickle bars. The dinosaur was moved a block west to a gun club favored by the welder, Elton Brown, now deceased. It can still be easily seen from Highway 12.

[K. Miller, 10/25/2021]
Metal sculptures

The welded metal sculptures in Pataha are gone. I live nearby and the word is that the owner died and the family moved all the sculptures.

[David Webb, 07/18/2021]

Plate metal eagle sculpture.

Pataha Metal Sculpture

In Pataha, on Highway 12, there is a collection of metal sculptures: eagle, shark, dinosaur, and alligator.

[Marie, 09/29/2012]

All four of the sculptures appear to be made of the same kind of jointed metal plate, artfully shaped and colorfully painted. Ambassadors from the Body Armor Planet?


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