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Praying Mantis Reading Lord of the Flies

Deep River, CT

A large scrap-metal praying mantis sits reading Lord of the Flies — an appropriately insect-themed literary joke. The sculpture moved from the local library in 2025 and now stands at the Pandemonium Rainforest Project.

Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.

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Source: Roadside America

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