vote for the most terrifying gigantic statue of all time

http://www.mir.com.my/leofoo/Thaipusam/Batu_caves_KL.jpg

You have to walk up 272 steps to get to the cave temples behind Lord Murugan's head

that one's awesome

I always like the gentle reminders the Soviets left across the Axis countries about who won the war:

http://i.imgur.com/8FSxEDM.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hmHqsGH.jpg

^oversized games workshop model

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http://www.reuzeninvlaanderen.be/site/sites/default/files/010_1.JPG
http://hlnregiophotoprovider0.hln-cdn.be/photo/herve-missiaen-bij-de-reus-langs-de-e17-nbsp-nbsp-foto-henk-deleu/p1/img-NzM0MTg1MDQvYXQvNjY4NzExOS82NDB4NjQwL0ZU/6687119.jpeg
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Giant naked cyclops next to E17 motorway in Belgium (you can see the motorway on the right in the second picture) - it has been there before, about 2 years ago, but was set alight then. Has now been put back but the owner of the forklift company, who is an art lover who did this because he wants to promote art in his industrial zone, is getting threatening letters again.

as this thread has been sullied w/ plenty of ungiant unterrifying specimens already, the caganer can't really do any harm

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rb1TnWLyX4g/TRKeBHIw0BI/AAAAAAAAAVk/pbMBB4KeP8o/s1600/giant_caganer_medium.jpg

loool @ cyclops

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Fuck every one of these statues.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4076/4745626513_e42f88b11b_z.jpg

And yes, it's beautiful, but especially this one.

I can't even deal with this thing outside an RV park that used to be a novelty stop sign.

http://i.imgur.com/1beJ9sl.png

to be clear I love all the statues here & don't want anyone to think I was denigrating their contributions. anyway I think the most actually terrifying might have to be either to moai or the sphinx, on the grounds that having outlasted the systems of belief which led to their construction, they have this unknowable ghostly power.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-718a9zXxgNY/UOiN5JnED8I/AAAAAAAAASg/rNvg6myLLMc/s1600/Moai-Statues-Easter-Island-1.jpeg

apparently the moai originally had eyes. can't decide if that makes them more or less creepy. prob more creepy.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wAMI_vZQpUo/TGRgVCk4gBI/AAAAAAAAAXA/f9Cnn0u2nag/s320/moai_eyes.jpg

I can understand why you might want to topple them

http://31.media.tumblr.com/79f82a9afd47884a9d12a9a83fa32ef9/tumblr_mvqlx0LS031sh962to1_500.jpg

the arabs call the sphinx 'father of dread' which seems on point. imagining it lurking under the sand for vast periods of time is unsettling.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eU4S6AB_g7I/UnsGsYQbS1I/AAAAAAAALmU/BfwVLiRPLJg/s1600/800px-Sphinx_partially_excavated2.jpg

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landslide!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hqhVcgVUwdw/UQ-n02OopHI/AAAAAAABAxk/ZyHIzb4wv_s/s1600/Motherland_Calls_021.jpg

it did inspire the poll in the first place

http://i.imgur.com/3jlSqXV.jpg

I'm gonna go see this tmr

This is the greatest thread ever. Good work, y'all.

wow @ this thread

not that gigantic, but kinda terrifying nonetheless:

http://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Planet-by-Marc-Quinn-650x403.jpg

Indeed, amazing tread.

Thread.

I get very uncomfortable just looking at these fuckers. It's weird and I don't know why. I don't have a strong feeling toward trees, rocks or buildings in the same way.

But shit like this ... ughhh

http://fineprintnyc.com/images/blog/old-new-york/part-1/1886-Statue-of-Liberty-face-waiting-for-installation.jpg

Feeling you on the discomfort and not knowing why. I was fascinated/terrified by renderings of Colossus of Rhodes in a book I had when I was little.

I don't think this one was mentioned upthread, but the Vulcan statue in Birmingham, Alabama is still a weird/scary sighting for me when I travel through the south:

http://cumberland.samford.edu/files/u52/Copy_of_vulcan.jpg

Yeah, I talked about that one too on Uglier Than the Pat Tillman Statue - Dude hid from me one summer.

it's nowhere near as huge as the ones itt, but pplains you would hate this one in Sacramento

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/ca/CASAChead_dk5435.jpg

(perspective on that photo makes it look like it's blocking the door, but it's set a ways from the front of that building)

I could just about deal with that one since she looks dead and not ready to eat me.

http://cbssacramento.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/matter-contemplates-spirit-google-maps.jpg

more of the pee seua samut statue

http://photos.worldisround.com/photos/30/309/440.jpg

http://photos.worldisround.com/photos/30/309/437.jpg

just saw this on reddit. felt it was appropriate-ish.

http://i.imgur.com/dbBVH7i.jpg

I lol'd

http://russiapedia.rt.com/files/prominent-russians/entertainment/zurab-tsereteli/zurab-tsereteli_3.jpg

Hey, why is Peter the Great aboard a ship?

(A: because he's actually a rejected and repurposed Christopher Columbus)

http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Sculpture+Giant+Bather+Presented+Hamburg+90Ht2JgX213l.jpg

http://skyworld.com.ng/images/gallerypics/Calabar%20Art%20Nigeria.jpg

this thread is the best thing EVER

that columbus-nvm-peter the great statue is hilar

http://www.thekelpies.co.uk/wp-content/files_mf/cache/th_096770c1a3354ec7002315ab0be78ad6_kelpiesaerial.jpeg

of interest (via slate)
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/fabrice-fouillet-colossi-in-the-countryside

Tangentially I'm reminded of a photo project done in HK documenting the giant advertisements

http://www.domusweb.it/en/photo-essays/2013/02/26/hong-kong-layers.html

http://i.imgur.com/iA7dVwv.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XJzze37.jpg

http://www.thedrum.com/uploads/news/tmp/37015/morrisons%20angel.jpg

^ gigantic statue + giant advertisement

i don't even really like the angel of the north all that much but that advert really pisses me off tbh

man next time I come up with an idea for a thread I should probably try to squeeze an exhibition out of it huh

Article possibly inspired by this thread?

ogmor you made it seem all interesting and natural and consensual but have you been clickbaiting us?? your own people???!

you can rely on my not having the wherewithal to make bank from ilx

Minimalist version, by Jaume Plensa in Nice, France:

http://www.likeatrippie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_5425.jpg

http://blogs.hudsonvalley.com/hudson-valley-photo-blog/files/2010/08/etbgnome1web.jpg

The most striking feature, however, is unarguably the towering jolly giant, Gnome Chomsky. He stands invitingly on the hill facing the highway, challenging one and all to come enjoy the scenery, visit the farm, and play a round or two of mini golf.

*Update (as of Aug 2011) Chomsky no longer holds the Guinness World Record. Reiman Gardens in Iowa is home to a Gnome that stands 15 feet tall. Although there is a Gnome in Poland who towers at 18 ft, but unlike Chomsky and the Reiman Gardens' gnome, theirs is made of fiberglass.

http://needled.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/dream6.jpg

this looks like a future sound of london cover

terrifying statue + abandoned theme park
http://signifyingnot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/abandoned_amusement_park_oukoku_japan-461x299.jpg
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--lvPnVXms--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/18lr3jo7cshxojpg.jpg

what the fuck

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3296/3087314618_e96f2068f7.jpg