The Barrel Monster, a playful statue made of orange and white construction barrels, only had a few hours of life but is basking in popularity as news spreads of its suspected creator's arrest by Raleigh police.
In the week since Joseph Carnevale, a student at North Carolina State University, was arrested June 10, both he and the Barrel Monster have attracted attention from around the country, and even the world.
The monster's image was broadcast on national television networks Thursday amid coverage of the mass street demonstrations in Iran to protest the disputed election there. An interview with Carnevale aired that afternoon on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," a national radio program.
Nearly 3,000 people have joined a page on Facebook, the social networking site, urging Wake prosecutors to drop the charges.
I love this Barrel Monster - perhaps the makers of the construction barrels should use it as a logo or something and pay Carnevale for the idea.
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