Monday, October 01, 2007

 

How to get a head - Yorkshire carving mystery solved?

Those who have been following the news recently may have noticed a story that appeared on BBC News about a clutch of mysterious carved heads that have been left on doorsteps in Yorkshire villages.

The Beeb picks up the story:
Despite CCTV film showing a man leaving three heads outside a post office, their origin remains unknown.

So far, 12 have appeared in Goathland and Kilburn, North Yorkshire; four in Arthington, West Yorkshire and three in Braithwell in South Yorkshire.

Each of the heads, which are up to a foot tall, looks different but all feature the same carving - which appears to spell out the word "paradox" - and a note bearing the riddle: "Twinkle twinkle like a star does love blaze less from afar?"
Fortunately for those with short attention spans, those are the only clues that are required. A quick google for "paradox carving" reveals - wait for it - paradox-carving.co.uk, the website of Yorkshire-based sculptor Billy Johnson, whose speciality happens to be stone heads.

And as is customary these days, said googling also reveals a bevy of bloggers deriding the BBC's sleuthing abilities. Good for them.

Mystery solved, I feel.

Comments:

If only it was only the BBC whose sleuthing was a bit iffy... This mystery is everywhere. BBC, Sky, Daily Mail, The Times, Yorkshire Post ...perhaps I'll forgive their column inches, since it is on their patch

I suppose a story saying "Billy Johnson temporarily confuses a few folk in Yorkshire" might not be as interesting a read.

 
I Think they are very good.
If ever he want's to drop one off down here where I live in Hartland north devon I could find a plase in our front garden. All the best
Frank.
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