Thursday, November 17, 2005

"Can't Too Much Go Wrong Next to a Big Statue of Jesus"



Some congregants say the statue keeps watch over a section of freeway that was once among the most dangerous in Ohio. Twelve people died along that 15-mile stretch of I-75 in the two years before the image was erected, eight of them killed after cars jumped the median into oncoming traffic. Since the statue went up more than two years ago, there have been no such crossover deaths.

4 comments:

weasel said...

That's supposed to be be Jesus? It looks like Paul Bunyan.

Adam said...

Paul Bunyan. Heh. Good call, Weasel. Even weirder: Why is he half-buried in the median?

ivanomartin said...

I thought it looked more like "Freeze Meiser" from the Christmas special.

Is he signalling a field goal?

dn

Anonymous said...

"Since the statue went up more than two years ago, there have been no such crossover deaths."

Obviously. Everyone slows down, perchance to whisper "wtf?" as they pass.