THE FUSION FORUM dot NET
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

THE FUSION FORUM dot NET

Online forum for music & entertainment lovers
 
HomeGallerySearchLatest imagesRegisterLog in

 

 Heads Turn Over Mystery Sculptures

Go down 
2 posters
AuthorMessage
Digital-Princess
Moderator
Moderator
Digital-Princess


Number of posts : 3158
Age : 41
Location : Banbridge
Registration date : 2007-04-04

Heads Turn Over Mystery Sculptures Empty
PostSubject: Heads Turn Over Mystery Sculptures   Heads Turn Over Mystery Sculptures Icon_minitimeOctober 2nd 2007, 16:36

Heads Turn Over Mystery Sculptures 15931110

Heads Turn Over Mystery Sculptures 15931111

Mystery stone sculptures have turned up outside a number of properties in Yorkshire - but no-one knows why or where they have come from.
The sculptures all feature the same carved symbol and come with a riddle attached.

So far, 12 stone heads have appeared in Goathland and Kilburn, in North Yorkshire; four have been found in Arthington, near Leeds, West Yorkshire; and three in Braithwell, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

Each of the heads looks different but all feature the same carving - which appears to spell out the word "paradox" - and a note bearing the riddle: "Twinkle twinkle like a star does love blaze less from afar?"


Mike and Valerie Hoyes, who run a post office in Braithwell, found three heads outside their business on the morning of August 23.

Checking their CCTV footage, they discovered a man they did not know dropping off the stones in a small car at around 4am.

George Griffiths, an artist from Arthington, near Leeds, also received one of the heads on August 23 and then found another outside his house two weeks later.


Mr Griffiths said: "I think it's a publicity stunt - I can't see anything else.

"They're not sinister or anything like that, it's just a puzzle. We're all just waiting and wondering to find out more."

Fiona Gould, the owner of the Forrester Arms Hotel in Kilburn, received her head last month and it has pride of place in the pub.

She said: "He turned up a week last Monday between 1.30am and 7.30am. I opened the door and there he was, as large as life, sat on the patio."

A North Yorkshire Police spokeswoman confirmed they had received reports of stone heads being left in various places around the village of Kilburn.
Back to top Go down
http://www.myspace.com/purplekitten1982
rob_le_shark
Advanced Member
Advanced Member
rob_le_shark


Number of posts : 366
Age : 41
Location : warrington/sheffield
Registration date : 2007-08-15

Heads Turn Over Mystery Sculptures Empty
PostSubject: Re: Heads Turn Over Mystery Sculptures   Heads Turn Over Mystery Sculptures Icon_minitimeOctober 3rd 2007, 11:53

English villagers' gargoyle mystery solved

A mystery over the unexplained appearance of a string of gargoyle-style stone faces in northern England was solved Tuesday, when the artist behind them was named.

The sculptures, which all have a carved symbol which apparently spells "paradox" and a riddle, have been left outside homes and businesses across the northern county of Yorkshire over the last few weeks.

The story was picked up nationwide, with the stone heads appearing in a number of national newspapers and broadcasters including the BBC.

But the culprit was finally identified Tuesday as Billy Johnson, who makes the stone heads using fossils and rocks found on beaches.

"Using minimal hand tools, Billy works with natural materials in a fluid and responsive way, bringing out the beauty of each individual piece," said the website of Paradox Carving.

"Each of the larger head pieces is completed by twilight," it added. "Paradox Carving explores hypnagogic concepts love, madness and evolution. He started his latest work on 24 August 2007 and it is a long-term project."

Twelve of the heads had been left in the villages of Goathland and Kilburn in north Yorkshire, four in Arthington in west Yorkshire, and three in Braithwell, south Yorkshire.

They were accompanied by a riddle, reading: "Twinkle twinkle like a star does love blaze less from afar?"

Security camera footage caught a man leaving three of the heads outside a post office, but detectives had until Tuesday drawn a blank over who was behind the bizarre nocturnal activity.

George Griffiths, an artist from Arthington who was among those to receive the heads, said he had tried to contact Johnson through the website.

But he received an email in return to say the artist was out of the country for a few weeks, does not have a phone, does not use the Internet and does not have access to television
Back to top Go down
http://www.myspace.com/robtheshark
 
Heads Turn Over Mystery Sculptures
Back to top 
Page 1 of 1
 Similar topics
-
» British TV Quiz- MYSTERY PRIZE !!!

Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum
THE FUSION FORUM dot NET :: General Chat-
Jump to: