Jun 13 2009Student Makes Barrel Monster, Gets Arrested
I don't care what you say, that's probably the best life those barrels could have asked for. God knows I've run over my fair share and dragged them home.
NC State student Joseph Carnevale, the artist behind the Traffic Barrel Monster, has been arrested for stealing the barrels and "cutting and screwing them together to make a statue," which apparently is a misdemeanor in North Carolina.
The total cost of the damage has been estimated at $360 and a court case is scheduled for July 21st.
WHOA WHOA WHOA -- $360 for four barrels? What are they, lined with crystals? Sounds like somebody in the barrel making business is in bed with somebody at the department of transportation. And they're doing it.
Traffic Barrel Monster Creator Arrested [jalopnik]
Thanks to Ty, who once made a bong out of a traffic cone.
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Reader Comments
1. jaja - June 13, 2009 10:23 AM
first ?
2. antgirth - June 13, 2009 10:24 AM
Considering the other stuff he's gotten up to, this is just assinine.
3. jaja - June 13, 2009 10:24 AM
OMG WIN FOR ME :D 2 FIRSTS IN THE BAG SO FAR !!!
4. RyGuy - June 13, 2009 10:24 AM
First! Boo Ya~
5. Barrel Head - June 13, 2009 10:32 AM
hahaha that thing rules. they did a kick ass job!!!
http://driftwood-x.mybrute.com
6. CCCPZ - June 13, 2009 10:43 AM
how cool is that thing!
alot better looking than the barrel monster hiding under my bed
KEEP YOUR DIRTY TRAFIC PLASTIC AWAY FROM MY PRIVATE PARTS!
7. Dr.Freak - June 13, 2009 10:52 AM
$360 isn't too much to pay for a sculpture that big... Pity he didn't get to keep it
8. McCracken - June 13, 2009 10:52 AM
That's awesome!
9. GLADIATOR - June 13, 2009 10:58 AM
Joseph Carnevale,
That statue rocks! The face was really well done!
Stick it to the man!!!!!
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10. Joel - June 13, 2009 11:04 AM
It would have been great to have someone buy it for about 10 grand, then he (the student) could have wrote F U on the bills and gone to the court house and paid them off.
11. TheBigDonkey - June 13, 2009 11:04 AM
jaja nobody cares
12. Tennist0 - June 13, 2009 11:05 AM
MYBRUTE SUCKS! NOONE PLAY IT!
and this is the best use of cones i've seen since...since.....we need more cone enthusiasts!
13. jaja - June 13, 2009 11:07 AM
TheBigDonkeyDick
ya ik
14. High* - June 13, 2009 11:07 AM
help! help!
I'm being repressed!
(ps that barrel monster is awesome)
15. abby - June 13, 2009 11:09 AM
the DOT should be thanking him. people hardly ever slow down at a construction zone, but if you put one of those things up people would be sure to slow down and avoid hitting the workers. they should pay him to make more, not fine him.
16. Dave - June 13, 2009 11:14 AM
lol thats awsome, he should get a reward 4 that.
http://taxiart.ca
17. Pat - June 13, 2009 11:29 AM
$360?! Phtt! Everyone knows you can get those cones at Wal-Mart for $359.99.
18. 3.14chan - June 13, 2009 11:57 AM
Barrel Transformer!!!
19. Chris - June 13, 2009 12:00 PM
I'm sorry, but they shouldn't arrest him... They should DEFINITELY hire him! The point of all the barrels is to warn people, let them know where not to drive, and to tell them to SLOW DOWN! If I saw a big Barrel monster at each construction site, you're damn right i'm going to slow down!
20. nadalo日本にいます。(also in Japan) - June 13, 2009 12:01 PM
Love it! hillbilly naif style at it best. he also made a political statement there. i dont know if the robot/moster is pointing a finger or a going doing pew pew...any comments on that?
21. Captain - June 13, 2009 12:15 PM
Must See!!!
http://captain-hash.mybrute.com
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22. Nightfall - June 13, 2009 12:19 PM
too. much. free. time.
23. Ocelot - June 13, 2009 1:04 PM
Jaja no one cares, and Ryguy, you're just an epic failure.
The cone monster is awesome! LOL i love it.
24. Ktar - June 13, 2009 1:29 PM
Thats awesome!
I have friends who go to school there.. I wonder if any of them saw it?
He should do a series of them... maybe make one shaped like a dinosaur! :P
25. ASenseOfRevenge - June 13, 2009 1:32 PM
@nadalo
Not everyone from NC is an effing hillbilly. So please shut the hell up with your ignorance. And Yeah, I'm from NC.
26. Daisy - June 13, 2009 2:14 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was being attacked by the stay puft marshmellow man, and had to cross the plasma streams in order to melt him.
27. cash - June 13, 2009 2:49 PM
actually, the company that owns the barrels doesn't want to press charges; they want to thank him and offer him free barrels to continue the installations. even the da's office is saying that charges are unlikely:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1567423.html
28. cash - June 13, 2009 2:49 PM
actually, the company that owns the barrels doesn't want to press charges; they want to thank him and offer him free barrels to continue the installations. even the da's office is saying that charges are unlikely:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1567423.html
29. Lissy - June 13, 2009 3:08 PM
hmmm.. i drive by state campus & around downtown all the time. i havent seen that. i would have loved to. i probably would have stolen it myself but i doubt it could fit in my civic.
30. Don't Charge Him - June 13, 2009 3:15 PM
If you don’t want to see anyone go to jail over the now infamous Barrel Monster, please call or send a letter to Wake County Prosecutor C. Colon Willoughby, Jr.
Tenth Prosecutorial District
State of North Carolina
8th Floor, Wake County Courthouse
Post Office Box 31
Raleigh, N.C. 27602-0031
telephone (919) 792-5000
31. Lizzie - June 13, 2009 3:26 PM
@ 11 and 24.... suuure, nobody cares, that's why EVERY comment thread starts with "FIRST!!" lol
@ 14...awesome :D
I think that thing is sweet, I can picture a "stay left" sign hanging from its arm
32. Magoo - June 13, 2009 3:38 PM
Geekology writer at my count there are 10 barrels being used. http://www.wctproducts.com/traffic_drum_list_page.htm#drum6 lists the prices from 32-58 dollars each + the base 6-25 dollars each. Even with a 350 dollar fine the kid is actually getting off pretty good besides with a talent like that dudes sure to rake in the dough
33. Watch-303 - June 13, 2009 3:42 PM
AWESOME! ok, they arrested him cause he stole the barrels. Had jhe asked, they would have given them to him. Good to see the owners dont want charges against him. hope he gets a good job because of this art!
34. Yeags - June 13, 2009 4:11 PM
If they end up having to do community service, making the cone monster should count toward it.
35. naas - June 13, 2009 7:36 PM
Awesome, this years halloween costume has been decided
36. Ren - June 13, 2009 7:39 PM
@ #27 - Daisy
You are a complete moron. This was actually plastered all over The Smoking Gun, which if anyone is an avid internet user knows is a very legitimate and reliable news source that uses actual police reports to verify their stories.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0612092monster2.html
I love how people download a photo editing program, and all of a sudden they become experts on photo editing. Never the how to, though, just the expertise of "catching fakes."
Stick to what you know best, Daisy, and go have sex with your father you inbred piece of shit.
37. naas - June 13, 2009 7:40 PM
Awesome, this years halloween costume has been decided
@32 Lizzie you obviously don't get the firstarded thing & I'm trying to restrain myself from coming over there and slapping that little head of yours, so please......
38. nadalo日本にいます。(also in Japan) - June 13, 2009 8:27 PM
@26 i didnt say everyone from NC was one. but the art is defenetely naif
39. Human - June 13, 2009 9:27 PM
@37... Are you new here? Daisy is sort of a "rep" for a running joke... Look at every post on here and you will probably find Daisy calling it out as fake.
40. Rob - June 13, 2009 10:26 PM
Looks related to The Starbucks Monster:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irsquintz/3621758948/
41. Breakup Makeup - June 14, 2009 12:33 AM
WIN..... That thing needs to have a cameo in Transformers 3
42. Rainboy - June 14, 2009 4:03 AM
Would give this guy an award :) its just awesome.
43. Matt (is cool) - June 14, 2009 4:45 AM
he should have been rewarded, not arrested
44. Heather (on vacation!) - June 14, 2009 4:30 PM
This is made of win. Look at it under a microscope and see the win molecules. It's beautiful!
45. MK - June 14, 2009 11:18 PM
I wouldn't make it for a second as a cop.
"Hold it right there boys!!!..... HALT!.. wow you didn't run.... you built this!? your from NC state you say?... uh...... alright... get on outta here. You didn't see me. Run and dont look back"
*draws cock on barrel monster"
46. kreebilicus - June 15, 2009 5:14 AM
@37: n00b. change your Name(required) immediately to avoid further humilation
@40: n00b.
47. Jaded Icon - June 15, 2009 8:27 AM
I wonder if art was his major. If not it should be. Better this than the crap I've seen from our class. Clay sculptures are for pussies!
48. long island gal - June 15, 2009 9:01 AM
This may be some sort of an art or cool to some but to others, it is very inappropriate and disturbing. Whatever the reason is to the one who placed these things, there must be something they wanted to say or show.
49. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - June 15, 2009 9:42 AM
Awesome. Cops in that area need to get a sense of humor. If the company who owned the property wasn't upset, the cops should stay out of it and get over themselves.
50. Rhialto - June 15, 2009 2:17 PM
I wouldn't dare to cross the line if i saw that statue! Much more effective!
51. Disfunctional_DJ - June 15, 2009 6:12 PM
WTF. He Was Charged, This Is Just Low on the Police Departments Part, I Pay Taxes, Dammit and I Sure and the Hell Know my Money Should Be Used For Better Arrest Than An Artist Doing What He Knows, or for That Matter great art. Georgia Should Be Proud to Have an Artist Like Him, And the Price For The Barrels! WTF, Are they for Real, Is Their a Plastic Shortage? Quick get My Stock Broker On The Phone, He's Doing something Wrong. Thanks Geekologie.com Keep Up the Great Work.