The largest sculpture of Jesus in America, standing over 60 feet high and weighing in the ballpark of eight tons, known as "Big Butter Jesus," was set ablaze after reportedly being struck by lightning.
No one was injured in the fire at the Solid Rock Church in Monroe OH, though damages are expected to exceed $700,000.
YouTube video from Heywood Banks. Article from USA Today.
From the Wahington Post
In 2008, lightning singed the fingers and eyebrows of Christ the Redeemer, the 130-foot Jesus statue that stands over Rio de Janeiro. In 2007, a bolt blasted the 33-foot Jesus statue at Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden, Colorado. One of Jesus's arms fell off.
The saints and angels are not safe either. The Notre Dame de Chicago's Virgin Mary burst into flames from her perch atop the church's dome in 1978; the Engineering News Record covered the construction of a new, lightning-resistant statue with the headline: "Burned once, dome reMaryed."
A bolt that struck St. Joan of Arc's statue in New Orleans sliced her brandished staff in half. Statues of the Angel Moroni, which frequently top Mormon churches, have been hit by lightning with such frequency -- Moroni's horn is particularly susceptible -- that the Salt Lake Tribune once fretted over their safety in a front-page story.
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