They said the overall concern is the adhesive used to stick the googly eyes onto the statue’s surface is what can cause the damage, noting the cost of removing them has come to over $1,500 ...

Roundabout statues in Bend have been vandalized with googly eyes. December 6, 2024 (courtesy City of Bend). After some mild laughs which turned to groans from the audience, Colbert replied, “Oh ...

Officials posted a photo of the googly-eyed deer on the city’s Instagram page, chiding the anonymous prankster that “while the googly eyes placed on various art pieces around town might give ...

Someone has been sticking googly eyes onto public art installations, such as artist Brandon Zebold's Orb I, in Bend, Oregon. City of Bend. All eyes are on Bend, Oregon, where a mysterious vandal ...

This Man Says He’s the Mysterious ‘Googly-Eye Bandit’ in Bend, Oregon Jeff Keith, a longtime resident and nonprofit founder, says he used duct tape to affix googly eyes to two public ...

Although the googly eyes in Bend did not last — they remain on only the phoenix sculpture — Ms. Mitchell emphasized that the city was not trying to squash a little cheer.

Stephen Colbert, host of “The Late Show,” joked about the “lighthearted vandalism” in central Oregon’s most populous city, where someone or several people have been sticking googly eyes ...

BEND, Ore. — Googly eyes have been appearing on sculptures around the central Oregon city of Bend, delighting many residents and sparking a viral sensation covered widely by news outlets and ...

Many cities are in the throes of Christmas decorations and holiday cheer, etc. Except Bend, that is. This year, googly eyes glued to art installations are getting all the attention and laughs. In ...

Jeff Keith, who runs a nonprofit, claimed he was behind some of the googly eyes that mysteriously appeared on public art in Bend, Ore. By Simon J. Levien Last month, googly eyes appeared on pieces ...

The city is fuming over what the googly eyes are costing to remove. Its_a_wonderful_wild/Reddit “Corten steel can lose rust patches from adhesives, needing chemical treatment to rust evenly ...