Not too long ago, I read a strange Columbo paperback called The Helter Skelter Murders, wherein the venerable detective takes on Charles Manson and his killer crew. Little did I know that, as I was tearing through that long-forgotten pulp, artist Clayton Coss was using a chainsaw to tear through his own wooden take on the grizzled detective.
The life-size wooden statue was spotted in Tulsa by Twitter user John Frankensteiner, who claimed he couldn’t “log onto Twitter fast enough to share this information.” I absolutely agree.