Town builds 23-foot giant gorilla from straw in desperate bid to scare off Covid
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dailystar.co.ukcoronavirus. Villagers in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture in the south west of Japan spent two months building the life-like statue – which has eyes which glow red in the night and stands at an impressive 23 feet tall.The structure has been called ‘Giant Straw Scarecrow Gorilla: Proud Gorilla 2020’ and is due to stand watch over the town until the end of the month.
After being completed in December 2020, the giant statue has become something of a local attraction – pulling in crowds who gather around to inspect it; which might not help in the interests of reducing Covid-19 transmissions.
Japan Today reports that locals decided to build the structure in an attempt to ward off the pandemic.The publication reports: “The likeness of a gorilla was.
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