Atlanta, Illinois: Halfwit Head: Former Paintball Target
Artifact from Atlantic City Halfwit statue. Wound up in a body-starved region of New Jersey, serving as an elevated target on a paintball course. Sold in August 2021, restored, now on display inside the American Giants Museum.
American Giants Museum
- Address:
- 100 NW Arch St., Atlanta, IL
- Directions:
- American Giants Museum. I-55 exit 140. Drive west into town. At the stop sign turn right onto SW Arch St. You'll soon see the Hot Dog Muffler Man on the left, and a half-block beyond it, on the right, is the American Giants Museum. The head is displayed inside.
- Hours:
- Tu-Su 10-4 (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 217-648-5077
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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The American Giants Museum displays the Halfwit Head that formerly was a paintball target in central New Jersey.
[Craig Grondfeldt, 10/05/2024]
In 1981, after a fire at Atlantic City's Million Dollar Pier, a clean shaven Bunyan and two halfwit heads were sold to the owner of some rural property just south of I-195 near Jackson, NJ. He liked the Halfwit heads better, so he swapped out the head on the Bunyan and turned that giant into a Halfwit. He then took the removed head, and painted it up to look like Dracula for Halloween.
What no one seems to have realized is that there was a second Halfwit head. The second head sat on the roof of the paintball office around back for years, before it was moved (because it was such a suitable home for bees). It was placed atop a tall pipe out back in one of the paint ball fields (for target practice).
Despite years of abuse and getting his hat shot off, he still seems to be grinning at the world and can be seen if you ask nicely and wear a paintball mask.
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