A giant inflatable dog turd brought down a power line after being blown away from a Swiss museum.
The artwork, entitled Complex Shit, was carried 200 metres on the night of 31 July, reportedly breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again.
The sculpture, by American artist Paul McCarthy, was equipped with a safety system that should have deflated it.
The fake faeces has been returned and will remain on display at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern until October.
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If there are laws concerning large piles of dog poo, the Discovery Institute must be worried.
Yes, there is a photo at the BBC link.
Personally, I'm just glad not to have been wandering around in Bern on that evening. I would have been compelled to indefinitely give up any subtance I was under the influence of at the time, or (more likely) had I been substance-free, would have had to seek some and start abusing them forever.
The best part of the story: The thing landed in the yard at a children's home. I can only imagine what the kids had to say about it.