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Hunt for ‘Googly Eye Bandit’ is on in Georgia after war hero’s statue gets funny eyes | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
Police in Savannah, Georgia are looking for a prankster who put googly eyes on the statue of a revolutionary war hero. “It’s no laughing matter,” the city stressed, but was taken seriously by absolutely no one. | |
The Savannah city government on Thursday issued a call to the public to help it catch the perpetrator who ‘vandal-eyezed’ the monument for Nathanael Greene, a major general in George Washington’s Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. | |
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The statue had its own carved eyes covered with a pair of popping googly eyes. The Savannah Police Department was alerted to the makeover and removed the cartoonish eyes on Thursday. No damage to the statue has been reported. | |
However, since the monument is fenced off, the joker is now facing trespassing charges. Police say they have been reviewing CCTV footage to determine who the culprit was. | |
The incident might have gone unnoticed but for the Savannah government, which posted the image of a googly-eyed Greene on its Facebook page. The post immediately went viral and reached the national news. | |
In contrast to the serious tone of the publication, the commentary section was flooded with non-stop wisecracking, as the majority of locals apparently took the practical joke well. | |
“We ain’t snitches,” Valerie Cervoni wrote. | |
“Whoever posted this, does not understand how the internet works,” another user quipped. | |
The hashtags #googlyeyebandit and #googleeyesmatter, meanwhile, were launched. | |
History-savvy commentators suggested that it might be the handiwork of Lord Cornwallis, Greene's British nemesis, whose troops the American general defeated at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in March 1781. | History-savvy commentators suggested that it might be the handiwork of Lord Cornwallis, Greene's British nemesis, whose troops the American general defeated at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in March 1781. |
Some pointed out that the amount of attention the stunt is receiving is unnecessary and will only trigger copycats. Others had to make it about race. | |
“Turns out that I’m nowhere near white enough to be outraged by this,” Kara Bryant Greathouse wrote. | |
And some reminded officials that there are actual problems to tend to. | |
“There’s literally a town that’s completely leveled right now and we are worried about $2 eyeballs that barely stick on a good day?” Ashley Jones wrote. | |
While eastern Georgia was spared the brunt of Hurricane Michael, the southwestern part of the state is reeling from the calamity, which battered it with gusting winds and even spawned a tornado. An 11-year-old girl was killed by a tree that fell on her home in Seminole County. | |
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