Reindeer Man

Earlier, I posted about the nutcase posing as a terracotta soldier in China in the name of art. Then, Erlkoenigs Tochter of kuriosa country alerted me to this article about another fruitcake in Norway acting crazy, yet again, in the name of art.

Reindeer Man is not another superhero. Nor is it even a man. It seems that in Øvre Eiker, Norway, residents started receiving mysterious objects in their mailboxes. They got Polaroid snapshots of a person in a reindeer suit, reading the newspaper in their garden. Håvard Fiskum, one of the recipients said:

“I was reasonably surprised when I saw what was in my mailbox. A person sitting dressed like a reindeer was sitting in the picture. He or she sat in a wooden camping chair reading a book in my garden,” Fiskum told the newspaper’s web site. [link]

And, here’s the culprit in action:

Turns out that the perpetrator was a woman, and an anonymous call to a local radio station from someone claiming to be her assistant revealed that she is an “action artist” and this is not even the first time she’s done something like this.

The reindeer woman is reportedly interested in action art and carried out a similar stunt in the district last year. In 2005, together with another woman, the artist appeared in a suit and white make-up and the pair posed with a tuba and violin in private gardens when the homeowners were away. A photograph of the scene was left in the mailbox. [link]

Keep ‘em coming, folks! I was going through a lull-period in my blogging anyhow. With more screwballs like these two, I’ll be busy all day!

Note: This is cross-posted on my blog.

Picture Source: Aftenposten

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