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Big Butter Jesus Goes Up in Flames!

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Jun 14, 2010 11:48 PM
I know there's a lot of Cincinnati/Dayton Chatterers...so I thought you guys would be interested in hearing that the giant Jesus statue on I-75 near Middletown got struck by lightning tonight during the storm and was on fire!

$500,000 up in smoke...literally!

http://livewire.wlwt.com/Event/Stormy_Monday

Pictures and video of the damage should be up by tomorrow according to that live blog.

RIP Big Butter Jesus
Jun 14, 2010 11:48pm
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Jun 14, 2010 11:50 PM
Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani!
Jun 14, 2010 11:50pm
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Jun 15, 2010 12:15 AM
NOOOOOOOO! Not Touchdown Jesus!
Jun 15, 2010 12:15am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:20 AM
It's pretty well gone....

Jun 15, 2010 12:20am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:20 AM
Tough to see in this first picture...but that's the statue being engulfed by flames.


And now...just the metal framework is standing.
Jun 15, 2010 12:20am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:21 AM
omg no more giant jesus. can you imagine what that would have been like seeing the strike while driving on NB-75. I think I would have shit my pants.
Jun 15, 2010 12:21am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:21 AM
WHAT!!!!!????????????

the Devil is playin' hardball tonite, and we ain't shinin'
Big Butter Jesus will rise on the third day.
Jun 15, 2010 12:21am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:25 AM
Its Robo-Jesus now......looking for Sarah Conner......
Jun 15, 2010 12:25am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:26 AM
Sweet Cream Jesus! Can't believe it's not Jesus!
Jun 15, 2010 12:26am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:31 AM
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Jun 15, 2010 12:31am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:32 AM
^^^^^^^^^^ Big Butter Jesus was in South Africa for the World Cup?!
Jun 15, 2010 12:32am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:35 AM
sherm03;389988 wrote:^^^^^^^^^^ Big Butter Jesus was in South Africa for the World Cup?!

That's where it has been coming from the whole time
Jun 15, 2010 12:35am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:35 AM
LJ;389987 wrote:BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR


if He is responsible for that buzzin' horn work...I'm glad he got sizzled.

That constant bee-buzz at the WC is drivin' me nuts.
Jun 15, 2010 12:35am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:38 AM
Jughead;389973 wrote:It's pretty well gone....


what the heck was it made out of that it disappeared like that??..


marshmallow?
Jun 15, 2010 12:38am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:40 AM
The [statue] is made out of wood and Styrofoam, covered over a steel framework anchored in concrete. This is covered with a fiberglass mat and resin exterior.
http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=12649244
Jun 15, 2010 12:40am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:41 AM
killdeer;389991 wrote:what the heck was it made out of that it disappeared like that??..


marshmallow?

Probably not much. Metal frame with some wood supports and some type of plaster-like material.

edit: by plaster-like I mean styrofoam
Jun 15, 2010 12:41am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:46 AM
aka the most flammable shit on Earth. That thing had to have went FAST.
Jun 15, 2010 12:46am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:47 AM
^^^marshmallow would of tasted better.
Jun 15, 2010 12:47am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:50 AM
Big Butter Jesus? It will always be Touchdown Jesus.
Jun 15, 2010 12:50am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:50 AM
better picture from the news

Jun 15, 2010 12:50am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:55 AM
dlazz;390007 wrote:Big Butter Jesus? It will always be Touchdown Jesus.

Yes...Big Butter Jesus. Heywood Banks made it popular with his song.

Touchdown Jesus is in South Bend. That statue was Big Butter Jesus.
Jun 15, 2010 12:55am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:55 AM
that seems like a big fat message from Heaven to me....

"stop telling people to give money to the rich man who stands at the altar with the big house and the horses and the poorly executed big butter jesus statue"..........
or maybe that's just my interpretation.
Jun 15, 2010 12:55am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:57 AM
killdeer;390011 wrote:that seems like a big fat message from Heaven to me....

"stop telling people to give money to the rich man who stands at the altar with the big house and the horses and the poorly executed big butter jesus statue"..........
or maybe that's just my interpretation.

My interpretation is that steel is an electrical conductor that most likely attracted the lightning. No signs from God, just mother nature being a bitch.
Jun 15, 2010 12:57am
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Jun 15, 2010 12:58 AM
Lolz. I always thought it was hilarious it was right beside that flea market.
Jun 15, 2010 12:58am
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Jun 15, 2010 1:01 AM
CinciX12;390015 wrote:Lolz. I always thought it was hilarious it was right beside that flea market.

I thought it was hilarious because it was so absurd and ridiculous looking.

The fact that it got struck by lightning and burned is all the more funnier.
Jun 15, 2010 1:01am