vote for the most terrifying gigantic statue of all time

far too cute to scare

https://i.imgur.com/DyeCs1v.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jf5GCu9.jpg

i came across this while listening to ligeti's requiem and i nearly fell off my couch. luckily i was pretty deeply entrenched in the couch so i was able to stay on top of it.

Don't think this one's been posted yet. Kerala, India.

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/30124900_10155172525292032_8900071529027682688_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=b6d32318e351fa516f8c43743dd4a0e2&oe=5B6A4A83

Having acute "wowwww" reactions to both of those

yeah holy cats @ both of these

it's interesting that the bird is on its back

coming out of self imposed exile for this one: Giant Javan Chicken Church

before
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3156330/Incredible-images-mysterious-abandoned-Chicken-Church-built-Indonesian-jungle-man-vision-God.html

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/10/15/2A69981C00000578-0-image-a-25_1436537756185.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/13/08/2A7C1A8F00000578-3156330-Comfortable_One_traveler_described_how_there_are_as_many_as_15_r-a-35_1436773189110.jpg

after
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-built-the-chicken-church-indonesia

http://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/55039/image.jpg
http://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/55096/image.jpg
http://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/54959/image.jpg

superb, wld also be a good place to set up a colony of noise dudes

http://cnet2.cbsistatic.com/img/esy2FJROGrsvRbBASYvyTpm99dQ=/2018/07/18/c9ab7216-c28c-4087-b4ca-253064f490e0/3.jpg

https://www.cnet.com/news/giant-jeff-goldblum-statue-erected-for-jurassic-park-anniversary/

https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2018/08/cau-vang-bridge-ta-andscape-architecture_dezeen_2364_hero2-852x479.jpg

Two giant hands hold up Golden Bridge in Vietnam

speaking of Vietnam, how dope is THIS

abandonedandurbex:

Abandoned waterpark Ho Thuy Tien in Vietnam (x-post evilbuildings) [3024 x 4032] https://t.co/3AWIavemq1 pic.twitter.com/6oPzJHPpdh

— Wᴀʀʀᴇɴ Eʟʟɪs (@warrenellis) August 9, 2018

Whoaaa

I've posted a pic of the Lord Murugan statue in Malaysia before - reposting again because the 272-steps behind it just got a new rainbow-themed paint job, likely aimed at attracting the instagram crowd.

https://www.buro247.my/thumb/625x1250_0/xbatu_caves_colourful_new_look_ca.jpg.pagespeed.ic.GLs1-5ZNfK.jpg

looks real pretty, though too bad they didn't seek permission before repainting.

great thread! here's a few from japan. first this mellow as fuck dude in Nanzo-in.

https://preview.ibb.co/d7fahz/nanzo_in.jpg

and then this moody rainy day shot in Nagasaki looks suitably freaky

https://preview.ibb.co/kQwsUe/nagasaki.jpg

here's that last one from another angle so you can see what she's standing on

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/235926075_f03074d669.jpg

love the chillaxin giant

xp is it Kannon then?

the babies with outstretched hands really send that one over the top

yep more info at http://armchairtravelogue.blogspot.com/2009/08/turtle-shaped-temple-nagasaki-japan.html

Not a fan of the rainbow road by the Murugan statue, I’m afraid. We visited a couple years ago, during my honeymoon, and at the top of the stairs are the Batu Caves. The monkeys were incredibly mischievous, it was wonderful. The rainbow road is in keeping with the entire place though, I guess. It has the feeling of a once awe inspiring place that has been taken over by tackiness

Was it hard to keep from falling off the sides?

xpost Tackiness is pretty much what us Malaysians do best lol. Batu Caves is a bit of a tourist trap most of the year, except during the big Hindu festivals when no one is trying to charge you to pet a snake.

Typhoon Trami toppled a 25-meter, 40-ton Kannon Bodhisattva in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa where the winds were strongest. https://t.co/QmjkfyaOsf pic.twitter.com/wrYRvJ35Cq

— Wataru Tenga's English Tweets (@wataruen) October 1, 2018

http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/07/22/wat_rong_khun_or_the_white_temple_in_chiang_rai_thailand.html

http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/07/22/wat_rong_khun_or_the_white_temple_in_chiang_rai_thailand/5521256578_2d9132ddb4_o.jpg
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_JjebY-qEkQ/W7uVdqrzlbI/AAAAAAAAGMQ/KbB40KaRXvoLqT7y0Mfa5P-2MElnokVgACL0BGAYYCw/h1319/2018-10-08.png
http://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/ak8.jpg
http://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/ak6.jpg
http://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/ak4.jpg

whoa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqkQU5w_s5Y

it’s like a Second Life installation but it’s 100% real

Wow that is amazing.

re: The Motherland Calls

The sword was originally made of stainless steel, trimmed with titanium sheets. The huge mass and high windage of the sword, due to its colossal dimensions, caused a strong swinging of the sword under the influence of wind loads, which caused excessive mechanical stress in the place where the hand holding the sword was attached to the body of the sculpture. Deformations in the design of the sword also caused the movement of sheets of titanium plating, creating-pitched sound of thundering metal.

as if it couldn't be more terrifying

http://www.where-is-this.com/files/Images/content/original/13223167511493057138.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/9f/eb/eb9febf775cea85bc0273f9926bbbe7c.jpg

another statue of genghis

wow

thought the revive would be about this one in india

https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/Xe-fcl5p5aOQmmbwaD1ccFK_Slo=/1244x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6M4QN3WZMUI6RA4EXTCUSL7PJE.jpg

that's cool, but the statue of liberty has NYC behind it

USA! USA! USA!

besides, he’s not holding anything, no crown, nothing. how many figurines they gonna sell of ~that~ dude

try again, india

exactly. when all the statues come to life, what weapon will he use? in contrast, lady liberty throws her crown and decapitates the enemies of democracy, then uses her torch to burn down their village before reciting from the declaration of independence to any survivors who remain

He will use the weapon of unity and unite the statues against us

He looks like an old guy coming out the front door to find the paper boy has thrown the paper into the rose bushes AGAIN.

"OW! Hey! Watch it with that thing!"

https://i.imgur.com/rvA21mn.jpg

Finally. A reason to wake up in the morning for the rest of my life.

https://i.imgur.com/g7gZiDf.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/4FOU9WW.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/djFMT6m.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qlODGxB.jpg

“Knife Angel" is a giant sculpture made of 100,000 knives confiscated from police stations throughout the UK in an effort to raise awareness of the growing rate of knife crime. The sculpture was created by British artist Alfie Bradle pic.twitter.com/xKBPcVgWLX

— 41 Strange (@41Strange) November 28, 2018

whoa

Damn that is actually terrifying

Looking sharp.

Knife Angel just wants a hug :(

why don't they just legalize guns, that'll stop all the knife crime

My first thought actually was Well, I'd rather hug a gun statue than that one.

Which led me to

https://i.imgur.com/8XZQwAk.jpg

the first thing i notice about that elephant? no knife wounds

That statue is amazing; it totally made me think of Clive Barker story 'In the Hills, the Cities'.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51SCXH3PMNL.jpg

love that story, didn't know there was a comic version!

and mr. gun elephant is terrifying

You should hear him sneeze!