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Monday, October 30, 2006
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Monday, October 30, 2006
6:27:00 PM EST

20-Foot Tall Fairies on the Loose

So, for a few days last week, there was this big... thing sitting (actually, standing) outside of our building. I went for a closer look on Friday (which was a suitably grey, gothic day).

I barely escaped with my life.

Here's the photo. I hope it was worth it:

Editor Joe reels before the Scary Fairy

OK, so I did some checking around, and it turns out it was just a big inflatable statue, and not actually a 20-foot tall rampaging winged monster.

After talking to some folks over at KOL (AOL for Kids), I found out it was a kind of tease for an animated property that they'll be bringing over from the the UK next year.

You can see the UK version here: RockHardFaires.com, and this one was one of the Scary Fairies (Panic, judging by the striped socks).

Anyway, it was pretty freaky. It's not there anymore. (Taken down just before Halloween? I've learned not to ask about such things.)

I actually did a little digital trickery for the photo above -- using Photoshop, I took out the guy lines that held her up. (I didn't do a very good job -- if you look closely, you can see faint lines where the wires were. I'm kind of a hack when it comes to Photoshop.)

Here, you can see a smaller version of the original photo, with guy lines intact:

Scary Fairy with guy lines showing.

Incidentally, the photo was taken by Journals Editor Jeff, who blogs about AOL Journals over at Magic Smoke.

Thanks -- Joe


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