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Cardiff Kook Chronology
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Above: The 'Cardiff Kook' statue located near the ocean in southern California, U.S.A.
He's been 'decorated' with some attire, and he's holding a giant engagement ring on a pillow in his left hand. Date of photo: June, 2011 Photo copyright 2011, www.scenebank.com |
The Cardiff locals are not content to leave the Kook statue alone. Instead, about once a week, locals dress him up in some costume related to the season or some event. The local government seems to tolerate the decorations, but after a few days, city workers remove the costume/decorations, and the Kook statue reverts to his original self. There's no word on what happens when two different groups want to decorate the statue at the exactly the same time in the wee hours! Is there a waiting list in the secret Kook decorating underground?!
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of decorations of the Cardiff Kook:
Jan. 14, 2016: Wayne Lewis RIP, in remembrance of a helicopter pilot recently deceased.
May 21, 2014: Firefighter hat and yellow shirt.
Apr. 21, 2013: blue shorts, white t-shirt, red fisherman's hat, and possibly flattened circle of pizza dough dangling limply from left hand, as if kook was 'tossing' the dough. (Interestingly, for the first time ever, this observer saw 2 men decorating the statue today in broad daylight. It looked surprisingly hard for them to put a shirt over the statue's rigid, outstretched arms!)
Mar. 31, 2013: Easter Egg basket dangling from Kook's left hand.
Jan. 2, 2013: blue 'Cookie Monster' costume, with 2-ft-wide 'cookie' hanging from left arm.
Sept. 29, 2012: Kook wears black & white boardshorts. Sign: "Happy 20th Birthday Jake"
Sept. 6, 2012: yellow, green, & gray rain umbrella held upright & opened in Kook's right hand.
August 17, 2012: both Kook and his surfboard were completely covered in aluminum foil.
August 13, 2012: bright pink jersey with number "17" on front.
August 6, 2012: on feet, bright red tennis shoes (running shoes) with white shoelaces. One of the shoelaces is untied, and dangles downward.
July 6, 2012: At foot of statue, neon-yellow sign: "Happy Birthday Tyler."
June 22, 2012: At foot of statue, sign: "Happy Birthday Liezel." Grass skirt around Kook's waist, with rainbow-colored tinsel/garland.
June 10, 2012: At foot of statue, sign: "Happy 13 Chase." A green garland is around statue's neck.
May 6, 2012: Black T-shirt, sign at base of statue saying "Live Strong" in yellow print on black background, 5 helium-filled balloons (gold and black).
March 5, 2012: At foot of statue, giant blue crab with black beady eyes, Kook wears blue frame sunglasses & bib, large sign at statue base: "Belly Up."
January 29, 2012: White T-shirt with lettering, maroon mini-skirt, blonde long curly hair wig, helium-filled balloons on each hand.
December 11, 2011: Santa Claus red & white winter cap, camouflage khaki fatigues, USA flag in left hand, "Welcome home Dan" sign.
October 1, 2011: a red Alabama scholastic T-shirt, with an American-style football dangling from the Kook's left wrist.
September 10, 2011: a firefighter's yellow costume, a firehat, and a sign. Commemorated the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001 in New York City on the World Trade Center.
August 13, 2011: Pterodactyl - among the best and most elaborate themes yet, the Kook was decorated with a caveman's loincloth, and a giant papier mache pterodactyl grasped the Kook's arms from above. On the ground was a multipanel diorama of prehistoric volcanoes and dinosaur-epoch foliage.
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