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Artist Behind Underwater Jason at Dive Site is Next Adding Freddy Krueger Statue!
Just last month we told you about a Jason Voorhees statue that had been anchored to the bottom of a popular dive site in Minnesota, recreating the final moments of Jason Lives for divers brave enough to plumb the murky depths. That statue was constructed by Doug Klein, planted 120-feet deep in a mine pit near Crosby, Minnesota back in 2013.
Where *exactly* can the creepy Voorhees figure be found, you ask? An update from Minnesota Monthly this week clarified precisely where he was planted.
“To start, Jason isn’t at the bottom of one of the state’s 10,000 lakes. He’s tethered to the bottom of a state-owned mine pit known as Louise. Diving institutions, such as the Minnesota School of Diving, use it to teach (because, yes, diving is in fact a recreational activity in Minnesota).”
But be careful if you plan on paying a visit to the dive site and taking a selfie with Jason, warns the owner of the Minnesota School of Diving
“I’m worried about people getting hurt,” he told the site, “It is deep, dark, and very cold.”
What’s next for Klein? Well, he says he’s planning on adding an underwater figure of Eddie, Iron Maiden’s mascot, somewhere in Louise, and he’s also been challenged to build and plant an underwater Freddy Krueger figure for another nearby site!
“I just gotta do it,” Klein tells Minnesota Monthly.
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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August
We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.
A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.
Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.
Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”
“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.
“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”
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