Mystery man leaves trail of stone heads in the UK
An unknown gent has deposited at least 13 carved stone heads on the doorsteps of frightened villagers in the UK. He was caught on a security camera Braithwell, near Rotherham, but police have yet to arrest him. (On what charges? Littering?)
Link (Thanks, Giovanni!)Police are on the trail of a shadowy figure who has been dumping giant carved stone heads on village doorsteps at dead of night. "Some people think it's a curse - but we have no idea who we might have offended. One woman claims there's a link to werewolves."
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this is certainly a very disturbing..er... crime?
Go Banksy!
Wow a stranger leaves you some awesome free art. Time to arrest him! Remind to never go to England.
Why don't they bring in a psychic? I'm sure she'll be able to track this criminal before the SAS descends upon him and smotes him down. He must be stopped before he brings Werewolves down upon dumb bitches who do nothing but stir up trouble for everyone else.
I'd be thrilled to wake up to one of those on my porch. I'd be more concerned about what I'd done to deserve it than who I offended.
It's 2007 and the first thoughts that cross people's mind are curses and werewolves?
Hmm, I live in England, and most people I know would be delightedly perplexed to get one of these. Most British people are not that suspicious/superstitious. Maybe you only get one if you're a bit "special"?
Zardoz is pleased.
The mystery seems to be solved. The BBC are reporting that a sculptor named Billy Johnson has been leaving them `as a gift to whoever found the works.' They're worth between £200 and £500 apiece.
"It's 2007 and the first thoughts that cross people's mind are curses and werewolves?"
why not? we live in a society where in order to be open minded you have to respect people that believe and angel came down to give a guy the word of god while he slept by a rock, or that another guy built a giant boat for all the worlds animals, or that all the worlds problems are a fruit lovin womans fault.
I can't see any reason we should think curses and werewolves are strange when Americans live in a country where a man cant get elected president unless he believes in invisible superheros in space.
Great, they've id'ed the guy, now go git 'im!!
well I think it's a bit strange, everyone assumes it is a male werewolf....
My guess was going to be that they were part of a guerrilla marketing campaign for a werewolf dating service.
But unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately?) for the werewolves, it was just some bloke with a chisel and too much time on his hands.
Boy, leave it to the web news cycle to crush your dreams before they can even get started.
I saw that pic and immediately thought of this, which I stumbled across recently.
Did this bring Jack Handey to anyone's mind?
The Deep Thought in question:
"Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the persons house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of it's head with a note that says "You." After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done."
One of my readers figured this one out yesterday; it's a promo for a local artist:
http://www.paradox-carving.co.uk/paradox/
They should consult the Boston police department for advice on how to deal with these infernal carvings.
silly bunnies! i wish someone would carve me a big stone head.
In Richard Bradford's novel "Red Sky at Morning" there is a sculptor who carves heads out of the local stone , then returns them to the mountain. "Only people I admire," he says. Good book, probably not much read these days.