Didn't I see this in a Brendan Fraser movie?? :-)

I can see them dubbing him, 'Vanilla Ice, Ice Baby'.. :-)

Something to make you smile today..

Lynda

To help people through these times, a Minnesota artist created a new version of the mysterious monolith.

by Samir Ferdowsi

There have been dozens of copycat monoliths appearing around the world after the original one in Utah captured the world by social media in late November. Now, a northern twist on the mysterious monolith has sprouted in the land of ice and snow.

Park-goers in Minneapolis were greeted by a caveman encased in a giant block of ice over the weekend. The sculpture mysteriously appeared in a local recreation area.

Zug Zug, which we now know is the neanderthal’s name, was placed near a creek in Minneapolis’ largest official park, Theodore Wirth. The area is popular for snowshoeing and fat tire biking in the winter, so residents quickly took notice of the peculiar man frozen in time. After a few days in the wild, the ice cold caveman became a local hot spot.

It’s this exact effect the artist hoped to have on the community. Zach Schumack has come forward as the artist behind the statue. Originally a mannequin from a local mall, Schumack and his art collective turned the obsolete object into a commissioned piece for an event last year. They created the caveman to be as lifelike as possible, and even tried to make the caveman historically accurate by researching time period-specific trends, according to Schumack. He told Motherboard that although it has inklings of “mysterious monolith,” the idea wasn’t inspired by the trend.