Giant Lego man washes ashore

Giant Lego man washes ashore, Mysterious Giant Lego Man Washes Ashore in Florida. While the sight of a beached whale is a sad but fairly common occurrence, the sight of a giant Lego man washed up on the beach is something to put on YouTube.


As BoingBoing reports, Jeff Hindman, a resident of Siesta Key Village, Fla., was surprised to find a larger-than-life-sized Lego man washed up on the shore. Now people are scratching their heads as they try to figure out where the giant Lego man came from and whether they should put out an APB for any more refugees from the Land of Lego.

So where did the 8-foot, 100 pound giant come from? Not from Lego. A spokeswoman for Legoland told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that the Lego man is a counterfeit and is not endorsed by Legoland or its parent company, Merlin Entertainments Group.

The yellow and green Lego man's shirt provides some clue to his country of origin. The plus-sized shirt is emblazoned with the phrase "No Real Than You Are," the number 8 and the name of a Netherlands-based artist known as "Ego Leonard." According to BoingBoing, similar Lego men with analogous enigmatic messages were found on beaches in Holland in 2007 and England in 2008. No word on whether Lego forensics experts are reconstructing potential hairstyles or baseball caps to help identify the gigantic toy. lego man washes ashore, 100 pound eight-foot tall lego man, siesta key beach,

For now, the gentle giant has been taken into protective custody by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Department until his owner steps forward. If no one claims the Lego, after 90 days, Hindman gets to invoke the age old rule of finders keepers … and then sell the Lego on eBay.

Source:time