Morehead City, North Carolina: Head of Woo Woo Harker
Woo Woo was a beloved sea fishing captain. His bronze head, with rope trim and a bell, faces the water, but drunks kept abusing it, so the town has secured the monument behind a seven-foot tall iron fence.
- Address:
- Evans St., Morehead City, NC
- Directions:
- South side of Evans St., along the waterfront, just west of 6th St.
- Admission:
- Free
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Statue of a beloved fisherman. Bless his heart!
[Shannon, 08/05/2015]Nearby Offbeat Places
Marlin Statue, Morehead City, NC - < 1 mi.
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The 2008 head sculpture is of a local sea captain who died in 2006. He's behind tall iron bars after incidents of vandalism demonstrated late night drunks' depraved indifference to the memory Woo Woo.