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Aug 06 2021 9 Comments

A sacrificial Japanese scarecrow?

Or simply the hell of Japanese summer?

A sacrificial and very scary Japanese scarecrow

A sacrificial and very scary Japanese scarecrow

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  1. ellen says

    8/6/2021 at 10:05 am

    Oh my this is straight out of a nightmare! 😮

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    • Lee says

      8/6/2021 at 8:55 pm

      It really is. A genuinely quite shocking sight.

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  2. cdilla says

    8/6/2021 at 5:59 pm

    A great find and photograph. The untouched eye lips and ears give the horrific visage an almost peaceful look. A companion for a Japanese Dorothy perhaps.
    But so many questions! Why there? What’s it protecting? What happened to the face?
    I would imagine it looks a tasty snack with convenient perch to a crow.

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    • Lee says

      8/6/2021 at 9:01 pm

      Cheers. Yeah, the untouched eye in particular adds a lot.

      All very good questions. Why there and what on earth it’s supposed to be protecting I really don’t know. Its face on the other hand is similar to others I’ve seen, so I assume it’s simply damage from the sun — day in and scorching day out.

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  3. Richard says

    8/6/2021 at 11:01 pm

    While it scares the hell out of me, the question is how the birds react. Great photo!

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    • Lee says

      8/7/2021 at 12:10 pm

      Thank you. Don’t know how birds react to it ‘cos I didn’t see or hear any, which perhaps suggests they have the same sense of horror!

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      • Richard says

        8/7/2021 at 1:09 pm

        Good point! Thanks for such an interesting and unusual photo.

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  4. john says

    8/10/2021 at 9:23 am

    That first image really does lead all the way to the building on the right!

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    • Lee says

      8/11/2021 at 10:35 am

      Yeah, it really does. A sign, perhaps…

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