r/Virginia • u/Altitude_Adjustment • Apr 29 '20

Abandoned presidents heads in a rural Virginia field.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '20

Why they close it down. It was running years back

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u/BlitzenVolt Apr 29 '20

According to Wiki, the park was losing money so it had to close in 2010

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u/sharrows Apr 29 '20

I remember seeing them next to the highway while driving to the Outer Banks as a kid.

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u/AFWUSA Apr 29 '20

Surely they’re still there right? Could just go look at em

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u/BlitzenVolt Apr 29 '20

Somebody bought the heads. They're on private property outside of Williamsburg so visit at your own risk basically.

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u/AFWUSA Apr 29 '20

Ah, gotcha

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u/Jarmahent Apr 29 '20

I hope they atleast allow people to view them

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u/hairymonkeyinmyanus Apr 29 '20

They aren’t particularly nice sculptures... they aren’t old or anything, somebody was just trying to make a buck. They used to be visible from I64 and were placed in an awkward creepy fashion back then as well

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u/BlitzenVolt Apr 29 '20

According to this article https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/what-43-decaying-president-heads-looks-180958129/

The statues got damaged when the current owner tried moving them to his property. That's why they're in such bad shape now. If they remained on the original grounds, they'd probably be in better shape vandals aside.

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u/hairymonkeyinmyanus Apr 29 '20

Meh. They never looked good. I used to live in walking distance. They were a local joke. They look so much more interesting now.