Weather beatdown leaves towering Maine landmark surrounded by crime scene tape

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Crime scene tape surrounds the Skowhegan Indian, a local landmark in Maine, after an assault by Mother Nature. The towering wooden sculpture is missing part of its face and arm, as well as a spear. The damage is believed to be caused by wild weather and a windstorm.

Police tape surrounds the Skowhegan Indian statue in Skowhegan, Maine on Tuesday March 5, 2024. The 62-foot-tall sculpture is currently missing an arm and part of its face, and it’s believed to be due to the effects of the weather and a windstorm that left part of its face, an arm and a spear missing. Police tape surrounds the Skowhegan Indian statue in Skowhegan, Maine on Tuesday March 5, 2024.

The 62-foot sculpture depicts a Wabanaki fisherman and was completed in 1969 by artist Bernard Langlais, a student and teacher at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Chamber of Commerce said. Before it was damaged, the fisherman was holding a spear in one hand and a fishing weir, or trap, in the other.

 

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