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A gargoyle on an historic 13th century abbey has caused a social media sensation with its resemblance to the monster from the Alien films. Reverend Alan Birss, minister at Paisley Abbey, said most of the gargoyles were replaced during a refurbishment in the early 1990s. He thinks that one of the stonemasons must have been having a bit of fun.

PAULDEN, Ariz.,- An Arizona artist said county officials have ordered him to cover up or remove a metal statue of a gargoyle he created that features male genitalia. David Smith said he spent years creating the 9-foot-tall metal statue he is displaying in his Paulden yard and he disagrees with Yavapai County Development Services Director Steve Mauk's statements that the artwork isn't compatible with the neighborhood, KTVK-TV, Phoenix, reported Thursday. "What in this neighborhood fits in anywhere? You look around and everybody's individual and you can't swing a dead cat without hitting art work," Smith said. He said the gargoyle's...

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There's a scary sight in Waco. It's a huge wooden gargoyle on north Valley Mills and it's selling for $2.6 million. Its owner says three universities, including the University of Texas, have appraised it as the oldest and largest gargoyle in the United States -- between 250 and 300 years old. He also says there's a ghost story behind how he got it. He says he was an officer in Austin when he got a call that a crowd was opening fire on a statue that had come to life. Dr. Ali Ali Abdula Muhammad says, "The guy shot the...

Hello. For you fans of good anime/animation; reruns of a VERY GOOD cartoon series called Gargoyles is returning to basic cable/satellite. If you don't remember or have never heard of it, Gargoyles is the only GREAT cartoon series that Disney produced (please don’t hold the fact that it was produced by Disney, against it). It was action/drama series with an excellent plot and well thought-out characters. It was produced in 1994, in the same vain as Fox's Batman The Animated Series, with that dark gothic style, BUT BETTER!! The show is about a group of honorable gargoyles in 994 AD...