SCENE IN MISSISSIPPI
March 9, 2012 § 7 Comments
Where in Mississippi is this? (The tire-man sculpture is about 20 feet tall, btw; the horse is real).
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I’m a TV producer at Mississippi Public Broadcasting and have been asked to look into this structure for a possible segment on one of our shows. I would be interested in hearing back from anyone who is familiar with the tire man. We’d love to get some first hand accounts–or even speculations–for this fun piece.
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I wish I had more info than the comments here. This pic is on my FaceBook home page.
Thanks for your reply! I’ll keep you posted as we develop this story
I walked around it to take pictures for a blog post I did about this, and saw that there were lights rigged up (in a state of decay) that once spotlighted it at night. I puzzled about the statute, and someone wrote this in comments:
“Constructed by Mr. Jerry Fred Aron, the tire man has been around since at least 2006. He used to hold a large Mississippi flag in his raised hand. Apparently it has either been removed or blown away.”
Thanks for that info! I know that the first time I saw it was after August 05 because the computer that I had the photos stored on arrived at my house right before Katrina, and the photos were taken soon after that.
My recollection is that there was a flagpole. I wish I had not lost those photos so we could see.
Every time I go to Oxford, I see this on the north side of Bruce just off of Highway 9. My wife and I even stopped and took a picture beside it.
You’re right! On the west side of hy 9. You have to look for it to see it.
First time I saw it was around 2005, I guess. It had a flagpole flying a US flag beside it. I had some photos of it with the flag, but they were lost in a hard drive crash.