CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (AP) — A bronze surfer statue near San Diego that’s been the target of many gags has been hit again.
Unknown pre-dawn pranksters on Saturday constructed an elaborate scene of a pterodactyl seemingly about to pluck the sculpture of a young surfer off his board. The pranksters placed a painted backdrop of a volcanic eruption behind the surfer statue.
The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/q77ToU ) reports crowds of gawkers and photographers gathered around the 16-foot creation after the sun rose.
Last year someone surrounded the roadside statue in Cardiff-by-the-Sea with a papier mache model of a great white shark that appeared to be swallowing it whole.