September 16, 2005
Out of place
Viking overseeing the Kiwanis Flea Market
East Side Road, Chincoteague
When we saw this guy, we started singing, "Footless, footless, Everybody get footless!"
RoadsideAmerica has a photograph that documents the presence of one foot, but you can't tell from this picture and we didn't get out of the car to verify. Obviously there is no flea market happening today, but someone who attended one in 2004 has an account of their experience, including a picture with the Viking's foot.
Roadside Architecture has a little bit about the Viking's history (you have to scroll down because they didn't have relative links). Rumors abound.
This fascination with large fiberglass figures is not uniquely American, I'm happy to note, but I'm glad to see that the Viking, through his unwieldiness, has not driven anyone into a life of crime like Peko-chan has. Though I didn't write about it before, I picked up a story about the busting of the Peko-chan theft ring for my ever-growing, mental (in many ways) Japanese crime log, which is going to need its own category soon.
187 words | September 16, 2005 08:53 PM | Wish you were here