The statue, built in 2004 and dubbed Touchdown Jesus, was on the grounds of the. The fire spread from the statue to an adjacent amphitheater but was confined to the attic area, and no one was injured, police Chief Mark Neu said. A statue of Jesus outside Monroe, Ohio, caught fire after a lightning strike on June 14 and burned to the ground. 11-year anniversary: Touchdown Jesus statue hit by lightning JMonroe, Ohio The King of Kings was a 62-foot tall statue of Jesus that was erected outside of the Solid Rock Church only to burn down from a fire resulting from a lightning strike to the then-flammable monument. It was made of plastic foam and fiberglass over a steel frame, which is all that remained early Tuesday. The sculpture, 62 feet tall and 40 feet wide at the base, showed Jesus from the torso up and was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way his arms were raised, as though reaching out to catch a football. Travelers on Ohio's Interstate 75 dubbed the figure Touchdown Jesus because of the resemblance to a referee signaling a football score (it was also dubbed 'Big Butter Jesus' in a song by comedian. It got struck by lightning on June 14, 2010.
The Dayton Daily Times quotes a couple of storm chasers who were somewhat stunned that Jesus has been hit. IN PICTURES: Ohio's 'Touchdown Jesus' statue The video shows what's left of the famous Touchdown Jesus statue by I-75 in Monroe, Ohio. Known locally as Touch Down Jesus, the six-story-tall statue of Jesus has been raising his arms since 2004, alongside the southwest Ohio highway in front of the Solid Rock Church along Interstate 75 in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati.
The lightning strike set the statue ablaze around 11:15 p.m., Monroe police dispatchers said. The "King of Kings" statue, one of southwest Ohio's most familiar landmarks, had stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along Interstate 75 in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati. The statue named King of Kings and nicknamed Touchdown Jesus and. It is visible from fewer seats in the stadium, since the mid-90’s expansion, but the next time you watch a Notre. Big Butter Jesus Lyrics: In southern Ohio / Just north of Cincinnati / I beheld a. History, U.S.A six-story-tall statue of Jesus Christ with his arms raised along a highway was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm Monday night and burned to the ground, police said. Touchdown Jesus is know to millions who have never been near Notre Dame stadium. Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Acting, Actors, Ball State University, Barak Obama, Broadway, Carillon Park, Christianity, Colonial America, Composing, Cox Arboretum, Darin's Career, Dayton, Deeds Point, Disney, Documentaries, Eleanor Roosevelt, Entertainment, Every day life, Family Life, Family Pets, First Ladies, Founding Fathers, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, Harry Truman, History Channel, Humor, Indiana, Inspiration, John Adams, Kennedy Family, Lincoln Presidential Museum & Library, Mary Todd Lincoln, Miami Valley of Ohio, Movies, Museum of the US Air Force, Music - Band, Music - Choral, Music - Show Choir, Musical Theatre, NACAC, Old River Park, Parenting, PBS, People: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Performing, Playwright, Playwrighting, Politics, Politics - 2008 Election, Religion, Richard Nixon, School, Single Parent, Smithsonian Institute, Spirituality, Teaching, Television, The Haasienda, The History Channel, The Secret, Theatre, Theatre: College, Theatre: Community, Theatre: High School, Theodore Roosevelt, Thoma Jefferson, Touchdown Jesus, U.S.
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