Chincoteague, Virginia: Big Viking (In Transition)
A fiberglass statue of a Viking, distant relative of the Muffler Men. Smashed by Superstorm Sandy in Oct. 2012; restored and re-erected Oct. 2013; taken down April 2015. Moved to Illinois in 2023.
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Viking Statue
On Ridge Road , there is a Viking Man about 20-ft. tall, that stands on the west side of the road. What are vikings doing here? It is in very good shape and is most colorful. The viking man is just down the road from Misty, beloved stuffed horse.
[Dr. Tom, Leisure Engineer, 06/13/2003]The Viking is no longer in Marion. I looked. I'm told by a Marion resident that the Viking has been moved to Chincoteague, VA. He is being converted into a Pirate to be displayed in front of a restaurant. I have not verified that.
[Scott, 05/31/2001]Aug. 2004 - Verified move to Chincoteague, Virginia.
According to what I have been told, the Viking originally stood atop a carpet shop in Delmar, MD in the 1950s and '60s. Sometime in the 1960s or '70s, a man named Addison Nelson bought the Viking and relocated it next to his country store in Crisfield's Down Neck area. The statue stood as the store's mascot until the business's closure in the 1980s. In 1997, the Viking was bought and moved to its current location, lying beside the J. Stanley Adams Hardware store in Marion. The statue no longer stands erect, and this could be because the Viking may be higher than county building codes in that area. It is believed that this will be the Viking's final resting place, as the statue is rapidly crumbling. It can, however, still be seen across the street from the Marion Station Railroad Museum.
[Jason, 05/08/1999]Aug. 2004 - Verified move to Chincoteague, Virginia.
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Photo provided by Marc Mickelson reveals that the Viking has a peg leg.