20 August 2008

Stuffed Animals

| Aurelius
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What’s the go with the stuffed animals nailed to trees all along the Kings Highway?

Surely someone here knows the story?

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The bears, although most notable between Canberra and Bungendore, actually go all the way to the coast.

I believe they a from a nudist camping group, who have regular trips down the coast.
The bears are “bread crumbs” so if you are involved in the group trip, you know you’re on the right track to getting to said camping spot.

Don’t follow the bears/bares…

RuffnReady said :

Oh, I thought the OP was talking about roadkill like wombats and kangaroos… lol

can’t wait to see them nailed to a tree, that would get me to slow down, and roll the windows up.

Oh, I thought the OP was talking about roadkill like wombats and kangaroos… lol

Goodness, I hope he was worth it!

grunge_hippy9:21 pm 20 Aug 08

there is also someone who posted “i love billy” signs between here and kangaroo valley on the federal highway. that must have taken a bloody long time… and some are quite high up the tree!

Could it be the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang up to his old tricks again?

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy6:24 pm 20 Aug 08

I have been told that local witches put them there as part of their spells (or something)…

Aurelius, on the previous RiotACT articles (try Teddy Bear Lynchings and Two queries from a newbie) there are several people stating what they believe to be the true story… some of them even sound plausible.

“Maelinar, I did. It returned no results. Hence the query.”

So try Google then.

Seems to be that way, Aurelius. I have an 11 year old who lives in Bodalla who advises me on these matters, and he reckons it has some links to a charity. Donors gave $5 or whatever to the nailers who then went out and did the bears on the Canberra to coast section. Now this is from one 11 year old who got it from another 11 year old, so I can’t vouch for its veracity. No idea about the charity.

It started with Pooh Corner halfway down the Clyde.

So the answer is noone knows?

Granny said :

There is an intense rivalry between my partner and my teddy bear. I’ve told him before, “If you make me choose, it’s gonna be Tedda all the way.” So we have an understanding. But he can be awfully mean to Tedda at times.

funny, i have the same problem with my wife and the kids…

There is an intense rivalry between my partner and my teddy bear. I’ve told him before, “If you make me choose, it’s gonna be Tedda all the way.” So we have an understanding. But he can be awfully mean to Tedda at times.

@ Thumper. That’s the version I was told too. Only it was salted herrings, not jellied eels.

It is a terrible thing that all these stuffed animal corpses are displayed as they are. It must be a warning to other stuffed animals that this is a bad area. Perhaps an underpass for them? Maybe we can have a fundraiser to build said underpass so we can stop the unnecessary carnage of our plush friends. There has been many a time i have come after an accident and just seen skidmarks leading up to a plush smear on the road and a car with a smashed windscreen with fluff splattered everywhere.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2576795

Breaks my heart it does.

This is probably the most recent story here in the series:

Teddy Bear Lynchings

I find the whole thing quite creepy. It’s like an homage to a serial killers childhood.

RuffnReady said :

I’m guessing it has to do with making people aware of the roadkill and thus need to be more vigilant on that road at night.

I’ve never drawn the line between teddy bears and road safety myself.

It’s amazing where you see them though – I recently went to Congo which is a little settlement east of Moruya, and on the dirt road into town, lo and behold, teddies nailed to trees.

Seen them down near Tathra too.

…except that a search for “stuffed animals” returns nothing, and a search for “Kings Highway” reveals nothing relating to the stuffed animals. I watch this site pretty closely and have never seen a story about stuffed animals.

I’m guessing it has to do with making people aware of the roadkill and thus need to be more vigilant on that road at night.

Maelinar, I did. It returned no results. Hence the query.

Mælinar - *spoiler alert* I've seen S04E132:58 pm 20 Aug 08

The black box entitled search at the top right corner of the screen knows.

This story comes up so often it probably deserves it’s own category.

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