Local artist Betty Ballew stands next to her sculpture of Bigfoot. The almost 8-foot-tall statue was made out of scrap metal pieces that are welded together. Ballew said it took six months to create her representation of the legendary half-man, half-ape creature that supposedly lives in the woods of North America.
MIKE CONLEY
Somewhere in Nebo, there is an almost 8-foot-tall Bigfoot in need of a good home.
To be more precise, this is a metal sculpture of Sasquatch created by local artist Betty Ballew. She made it out of scrap metal pieces welded together. Ballew said it took six months to create her representation of the legendary half-man, half-ape creature that supposedly lives in the woods around North America.
The pose is naturally inspired by the famous footage taken in 1967 by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin alongside Bluff Creek in northern California. The image of what is purported to be a female Sasquatch from that short motion picture has become iconic.
On her property in Nebo, artist Betty Ballew stands next to her sculpture she titled “It Is What It Is.” This work is a metal sphere made out of numerous rings and it can rotate.
Local artist Betty Ballew stands next to her sculpture of Bigfoot. The almost 8-foot-tall statue was made out of scrap metal pieces that are welded together. Ballew said it took six months to create her representation of the legendary half-man, half-ape creature that supposedly lives in the woods of North America.
The pose is naturally inspired by the famous footage taken in 1967 by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin alongside Bluff Creek in northern California. The image of what is purported to be a female Sasquatch from that short motion picture has become iconic.
On her property in Nebo, artist Betty Ballew stands next to her sculpture she titled “It Is What It Is.” This work is a metal sphere made out of numerous rings and it can rotate.
