"Sir, you've got resting confused face."
March 2, 2019 9:19 AM Subscribe
Denver International Airport has a talking gargoyle Do I need to say more? There's a freaking video of a chatty snarky gargoyle!
The airport authority has really embraced the conspiracy theory reputation of the place in their renovations. It’s good to see that the Illuminati/Lizard People New World Order managed to get a quality ad agency for once.
posted by dr_dank at 9:35 AM on March 2, 2019 [12 favorites]
posted by dr_dank at 9:35 AM on March 2, 2019 [12 favorites]
They have a red-eyed hell horse, so why not?
posted by Bee'sWing at 9:35 AM on March 2, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by Bee'sWing at 9:35 AM on March 2, 2019 [4 favorites]
That’s hilarious! I wonder if there are various voices taking shifts, or if the voice of the gargoyle is permanently entombed in the pedestal beneath, never to see sunlight again.
posted by ejs at 9:36 AM on March 2, 2019 [6 favorites]
posted by ejs at 9:36 AM on March 2, 2019 [6 favorites]
Does is ever say "Thanks, your face is now in our database"?
posted by davebush at 10:04 AM on March 2, 2019 [6 favorites]
posted by davebush at 10:04 AM on March 2, 2019 [6 favorites]
"So what's your job?"
"PR for the airport. I'm the voice of a talking gargoyle who sits there cracking wise at everyone who passes."
posted by egypturnash at 10:05 AM on March 2, 2019 [3 favorites]
"PR for the airport. I'm the voice of a talking gargoyle who sits there cracking wise at everyone who passes."
posted by egypturnash at 10:05 AM on March 2, 2019 [3 favorites]
Hah. This is great.
Hey #AirportTwitter, we’ve got talking gargoyles: https://youtu.be/fKVOtx7Blfk
What’s the weirdest thing at your airport?
So, it turns out that #AirportTwitter is by turns:
Whimsical...
Hey #AirportTwitter, we’ve got talking gargoyles: https://youtu.be/fKVOtx7Blfk
What’s the weirdest thing at your airport?
So, it turns out that #AirportTwitter is by turns:
Whimsical...
Atlanta Airport: Have you ever seen "flying corn" before?... and ominous...
Savannah/Hilton Head: We have two gravestones embedded in a runwayposted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:16 AM on March 2, 2019 [10 favorites]
I still laugh to myself sometimes thinking about the giant granite plaque, covering a mysterious time capsule, jointly paid for by the Freemasons and the "New World Airport Commission". The time capsule itself contains a book about Beavis and Butthead.
posted by vogon_poet at 10:18 AM on March 2, 2019 [7 favorites]
posted by vogon_poet at 10:18 AM on March 2, 2019 [7 favorites]
This looks like just an occasional thing, not a 24 7 act sadly.
posted by wheelieman at 10:32 AM on March 2, 2019
posted by wheelieman at 10:32 AM on March 2, 2019
or if the voice of the gargoyle is permanently entombed in the pedestal beneath, never to see sunlight again.
You mean like Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) did with this clock?
posted by DreamerFi at 10:36 AM on March 2, 2019 [12 favorites]
You mean like Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) did with this clock?
posted by DreamerFi at 10:36 AM on March 2, 2019 [12 favorites]
Great fun, I love this kind of thing! At Expo '86 in Vancouver BC there was a teddy bear on a tricycle that got me pretty good. I assumed it was playing prerecorded promos for the exhibit it was by, then it complimented me on my shoes.
posted by calamari kid at 10:43 AM on March 2, 2019
posted by calamari kid at 10:43 AM on March 2, 2019
DIA is one weird, wonderful place and I am SO here for it. It seems like every time I turn around (or go there) they've leveled up in "oh, that's just to mess with you for the lulz". I silently and fervently wish for a Flying Spaghetti Monster mural.
posted by the_royal_we at 11:13 AM on March 2, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by the_royal_we at 11:13 AM on March 2, 2019 [5 favorites]
At least, unlike the Blue Mustang sculpture, the gargoyle doesn't seem to have killed anyone yet.
posted by ITheCosmos at 11:38 AM on March 2, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by ITheCosmos at 11:38 AM on March 2, 2019 [4 favorites]
You mean like Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) did with this clock?
That stresses me out so much!
posted by amanda at 11:52 AM on March 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
That stresses me out so much!
posted by amanda at 11:52 AM on March 2, 2019 [2 favorites]
The mustang does have a name, btw: Blucifer.
posted by cowcowgrasstree at 11:59 AM on March 2, 2019 [7 favorites]
posted by cowcowgrasstree at 11:59 AM on March 2, 2019 [7 favorites]
There was a talking Christmas tree at a department store when I was a kid. It terrified the poop out of me!
posted by KleenexMakesaVeryGoodHat at 5:26 PM on March 2, 2019
posted by KleenexMakesaVeryGoodHat at 5:26 PM on March 2, 2019
Harumph.
posted by zengargoyle at 8:41 PM on March 2, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by zengargoyle at 8:41 PM on March 2, 2019 [1 favorite]
Also seen in the Denver Airport during my layover: Climax Jerky.
posted by Mizu at 9:01 PM on March 2, 2019
posted by Mizu at 9:01 PM on March 2, 2019
I'm fond of the Stapleton ghosts myself; abandoned airports are just way creepier.
Also I wish DIA would get rid of the fucking jangly guitar sound on the trains.
posted by aspersioncast at 12:18 PM on March 4, 2019
Also I wish DIA would get rid of the fucking jangly guitar sound on the trains.
posted by aspersioncast at 12:18 PM on March 4, 2019
Aw, I sort of like the jangly guitar sound. For a while I even used it as a ringtone.
Also, if you wave goodbye and hello to Blucifer, you'll have a better trip to wherever you're going. Try it and see.
posted by asperity at 1:21 PM on March 4, 2019
Also, if you wave goodbye and hello to Blucifer, you'll have a better trip to wherever you're going. Try it and see.
posted by asperity at 1:21 PM on March 4, 2019
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