In Thetford, VT, some see artwork where others see a massive pile of wood, and that's stirring up a lot of controversy.
The giant dinosaur is one man's treasure. It's a 25-foot structure, known in Thetford as the Vermontasaurus.
"All the material was free, it was recycled, the nails and the fasteners, it was all stuff people brought, got rid of, or donated," artist Brian Boland said.
Boland, 61, says from the second he saw all the scrap wood he knew exactly what to do with it; an inspiration from something his son made who died at the age of 25.
"The idea was kind of things that are dead living on again, or getting a second lease on life," Boland said.
Not everyone appreciates the 122-foot long sculpture, an example of how one man's treasure is another man's trash.
"I don't feel its all that appropriate for a residential neighborhood without a permit," Post Mills resident Kendell Schuchman said.
Some residents say the sculpture violates Vermont state laws. Boland says if the state makes him buy a permit he'll take the dinosaur down.
"It breaks kind of the cardinal rule of the project, which was to build it at no cost to anybody," Boland said.
But Boland says he hopes that doesn't happen and his treasure lives on.
"I cant wait to see it in the winter where it looks like a dinosaur mated with a polar bear," Boland said.
There will be a meeting on August 10 in Thetford where neighbors can talk about their concerns and Boland can defend his Vermontasaurus.
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