{"id":19,"date":"2009-06-17T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2018-03-22T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T14:02:30","slug":"road-blocking-barrel-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/road-blocking-barrel-monster\/","title":{"rendered":"The road blocking barrel monster"},"content":{"rendered":"
A 22-year-old student, Joe Carnevale, took road blocking barrels, cut them and made a monster statue that became an Internet sensation. The \u201cbarrel monster\u201d had a wide and toothy grin and was pointing down on cars and motorists passing nearby the university where he is a student. These barrels were owned by a contractor working on a round-a-bout project on Hillsborough Street. Raleigh police seized the barrel monster as evidence on May 31, but they didn\u2019t arrest Joe Carnevale.<\/p>\n
He is still facing charges of damage to property and larceny, and will have to be in court on July 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A 22-year-old student, Joe Carnevale, took road blocking barrels, cut them and made a monster statue that became an Internet sensation. The \u201cbarrel monster\u201d had a wide and toothy grin and was pointing down on cars and motorists passing nearby the university where he is a student. These barrels were owned by a contractor working […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[4,15],"tags":[125,40,76],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","yoast_head":"\n