Monday, April 28, 2025

The Headless, Bespectacled Miners Of Karangahake Gorge (Updated!)

At first we thought these guys were photo stand-ins for tourist photo ops. But on closer inspection it appears some anti-social types have performed some uncalled-for modifications.
**Update**
We were able to find a pic of these fellows in their original non-defaced (ha) versions:
 

 

3 comments:

Parm said...

Huh. Unless very precise vandals have been at work, or I'm guessing those headless gents are photo opportunities

yawndave said...

I poked around and found an image from 2012 that shows the guys in their original guise. Post has been updated with the pic.

Parm said...

So, OK. Vandalism someone perhaps committed in order to create a photo op.