e. ([info]ex_suffocati898) wrote in [info]found_objects,
2005-10-02 16:37:00
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found in lumberton, new jersey.











a write up from the newest issue of weird n.j. :

A statue that has been a fixture on the side of U.S. 13 in Delaware since 1984 is moving to join the weirdness that is New Jersey. The statue is eleven feet tall and 2,000 pounds and is alternately described as looking like either Buddha or a demon by the locals. It has obtained a patina of decay from decades of being outside, its eyes no longer lit by sinister red bulbs and its snaky accessories chipped off. An article from Delawareonline.com tells of the statue's history : it was a movie prop featured in movies such as The Prodigal [1955] and "at least one Tarzan film." It was purchased at an MGM prop auction and moved from one location to another in Delaware before finding its last home in Smyrna. It sat on the side of the road for 20 years, serving as a landmark for many traveling the highway and an eyesore for others. A Lumberton, NJ man bought the demon, intending to restore it and use it in his backyard as a mascot for his landscaping business. He says that there's a view of his backyard from a nearby highway, so don't be surprised if one night you happen to drive past a newly black and gold demon that stares at you with fiery red eyes and blows clouds of smoke, happy in his weird new home state. - Joanne Austin

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[info]fridgemagnet

October 2 2005, 20:44:16 UTC 6 years ago

Oh superb - mind if I steal it to repost? (I'll host the pic myself to save bandwidth.)

[info]ex_suffocati898

October 2 2005, 20:57:09 UTC 6 years ago


oh, please do. if i had known it was going to get around, i would have taken better pictures. hah. :)

[info]i_choose_2_live

October 2 2005, 20:45:01 UTC 6 years ago

If that was mine I would make the neighboorhood kids pay me to let them climb it. They'd have to sign a waver saying I'm not responsible for bodily injury or death though.

[info]pezking124

October 2 2005, 20:48:06 UTC 6 years ago

That looks a lot taller than 11 feet tall to me.

[info]ex_suffocati898

October 2 2005, 20:58:25 UTC 6 years ago


it definitely has to be over eleven. i mean, look at it in proportion to the house!

[info]green_tales

October 2 2005, 20:59:15 UTC 6 years ago

maybe it's lifted off the ground

[info]ex_suffocati898

October 2 2005, 21:01:32 UTC 6 years ago


i only got as close as the fence. i did not want to be a jerk. they probably have people stopping by the side of the road to see it constantly. although, one could argue that by putting something like that in their yard they are asking for the attention. maybe i will investigate further....

[info]ullyeus

October 2 2005, 20:52:49 UTC 6 years ago

oh wow, thats neat.

[info]cowabunga_tmnt

October 2 2005, 20:53:29 UTC 6 years ago

"snaky accessories"

[info]rather_reticent

October 2 2005, 20:55:37 UTC 6 years ago

LOL
exactly what *I* was thinking....
Bad me..

[info]asdhjfbciwu3487

October 2 2005, 20:56:29 UTC 6 years ago

It looks like Buddha on steroids had a baby with a lamassu.

[info]theydontloveyou

October 2 2005, 22:06:25 UTC 6 years ago

LMAO! brillaint!

i love lamassus' :). Mesopotamia! hahah

[info]killercacti

October 2 2005, 21:49:27 UTC 6 years ago

wow, and it's from delaware! i live in de, i feel famous now :D

[info]mj_12

October 2 2005, 22:15:39 UTC 6 years ago

A Lumberton, NJ man bought the demon, intending to restore it and use it in his backyard as a mascot for his landscaping business.

That has to be a pretty different landscaping business.

[info]mona_me

October 2 2005, 22:17:10 UTC 6 years ago

Where's the snake's head?

[info]ladymalchav

October 3 2005, 00:04:19 UTC 6 years ago

It says it's snakey parts have broken. So I guess it's goned.

[info]modernslut

October 2 2005, 22:28:54 UTC 6 years ago

I live in Jersey, I think I should go find that thing.

[info]sola

October 2 2005, 22:52:57 UTC 6 years ago

I thought it was a minotaur, and presumed it would be in the middle of someone's hedge maze.

Now that would be cool.

[info]brucenstein

October 2 2005, 22:59:32 UTC 6 years ago

FUCKING AWESOME

[info]bandokitty

October 3 2005, 02:37:58 UTC 6 years ago

It's all like,
"Oh, and here's the barn- we keep the goats and the horses in here at night...
oh, over there? That's our 11-foot tall cow demon. Yeahh."

[info]guitarscreams

October 3 2005, 02:40:30 UTC 6 years ago

that thing fucking rocks!

[info]pushmearound

October 3 2005, 03:05:44 UTC 6 years ago

I have a picture of the Jesus giant enough to combat said Demon...lol.

I cast Giant Jesus into the darkness.

[info]numeros

October 3 2005, 22:33:12 UTC 6 years ago

That is one badass Buddha!
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