Humans have been enshrining people, animals, and ideas in statue form for thousands of years. Whether it be of a progressive thinker, a beloved pet, or a god, statues can be found in nearly every city on Earth. But not all statues are as meaningful as one of Martin Luther King, Jr. or Greyfriar’s Bobby. And that’s what we’re focusing on – the weird, the bizarre, the “why in the heck did they make this?!” statue which makes you scratch your head. Are you such a big fan of the rock band Queen that you want to visit a statue of Freddie Mercury? There’s a strange statue for that. Or maybe you’d prefer to see the image of a man getting his hair cut encased in bronze? There’s a strange statue for that. Or maybe you are a fan of European folk stories and you would like to see a fountain-statue of a beast devouring children? Again, and bizarrely, there’s a strange statue for that. (World travelers will especially love this list as they’ll find some new, lesser-known corners of cities to visit while on vacation.) Read on in utter confusion as you see this list of 25 of the Weirdest Statues Ever Made.
"The Travellers Have Arrived" by Gilie and Marc in Sydney
Image: WikipediaThis man-pig statue in Haw Par Villa, Singapore
Image: William Cho via FlickrThe plaque of the statue "Belle" on the Oudekerksplein in Amsterdam honors sex workers and reads: "Respect sex workers all over the world"
Image: WikimediaAnother statue on the street shows a bronze hand fondling a female breast.
This sexy face fail at the Fountain of the Baboon in Rome
Image: * Karl * via FlickrThis statue of Freddie Mercury overlooking Lake Geneva in Switzerland
Image: WikipediaSt. Wenceslas riding a dead horse in a Prague shopping mall
Image: Wikipedia"Maria" the robot from the 1927 film "Metropolis", currently looking over Babelsberg, Germany
Image: WikipediaA hungry alligator coming out of the sewers to eat a baby in Brooklyn (probably in Park Slope)
Image: PixabayThe man with no head and arms in the Old Jewish Quarter of Prague
Image: WikipediaThe Žižkov Television Tower in Prague where "Babies" are crawling up the tower
Image: WikipediaThe Kindlifresserbrunnen (Child Eater Fountain) in Bern, Switzerland, of an ogre eating a naked child and plucking more from its bag
Image: WikipediaThis man selling too many watches in Vancouver
Image: Mike McHolm via FlickrThis bronze man getting a street haircut in Beijing
Image: WikimediaAnother piece by Czech artist David Černý, "Gesture" is…well, pretty self-explanatory
Image: WikipediaThis giant monkey watching over two white human sculptures and the village
Image: PixabayThis giant spider statue in Ottawa that would be terrifying to chance upon after dark
Image: WikipediaThis cow who somehow got stuck up a tree in Melbourne
Image: Niv Singer via FlickrThis immensely provocative statue by Černý in central Prague
Image: WikimediaThese statues laughing at everything you do in Vancouver
Image: PixabayA statue of Michael Jackson in front of a McDonalds in the Netherlands
Image: surlespasdemichaeljackson.comA statue of Charles Joseph Latrobe at Latrobe University in Australia showing what students feel like during exam week
Image: WikimediaA sculpture showing even the dead want their coffee
Image: Pixabay"Chicken Boy", an old statue advertising a Los Angeles chicken restaurant that was recognized by Arnold Schwarzenegger with the Governor's Historic Preservation Award
Image: WikipediaBernd das Brot (Bernd the Bread Loaf): a statue of a grumpy, fatalistic loaf of bread in front of the Erfurt, Germany, town hall
Image: WikipediaThe Peeing Statues by David Černý, peeing on the Czech Republic
Image: Nicolas Sanguinetti via Flickr
