BENCH STATUES. THESE ARE SCULPTURES OF PEOPLE SITTING ON PARK BENCHES. THEY’RE USUALLY LIFE SIZE. THEY INVITE YOU TO SIT BESIDE THEM, MAYBE HAVE A CONVERSATION. NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS AT LEAST SIX.

Forrest shares his remarkable life story with strangers while sitting on a park bench. Now, that bench has its own extraordinary tale – it barely managed to survive the Palisades fire.

“It hit the girl as she was sitting on the bench with one of her mates. “You could hear screams and people were running towards her to help. Another guy was injured by the actual gate coming down.