Neu said spectators crowded the interstate as crews put out the fire. It was a real tragedy," Monroe Fire Chief Mark Neu said at the time.Ĭallers told 911 operators that Jesus’ right hand was struck by the bolt of lightning that sparked the fire. "I never thought this would be vulnerable. when the statue was struck by lightning during a severe thunderstorm. Solid Rock Church boasted the 16,000-pound statue was "the largest statue of Jesus in the world" when it was built in 2004. (Not to be confused with Notre Dame Stadium’s Touchdown Jesus mural.) Another nickname was “Big Butter Jesus,” as the statue looked like a butter sculpture. The statue, actually named "King of Kings," got its most prominent nickname because its upraised arms mimicked the referee signal for a touchdown. When you pay, you’re conversing with someone with a heartbeat! There is one reason why Ohio doesn’t suck…this lovely pic we snapped in Bryan, OH.The Hustler Hollywood store across the street was left unscathed the irony was immaculate. Ohio is the only one that doesn’t take EZ-PASS! I would understand if they had their own system for taking tolls, but they don’t. Welcome to /r/submechanophobia the fear of partially or fully.33 answers Top answer: Nope, because it burned down a while ago. Why Ohio Sucks…We have travelled almost 1,200 miles in 3 days through 7 states. 500K subscribers in the submechanophobia community. Some other resort-like places, but that seems to be about it. A popular spot with the casino crowd, Ho-Chunk Casino is nearby. So we decided to take advantage of the good weather and move past Madison, WI (told you there was nothing good there).
So, we sat in the parking lot and ate the pizza. We drove about a mile down the road to get some bubble tea. The pizza came out hot, fresh and in a bag. Looked at the old radios and other memorabilia that adorned the walls. The landmark 'King of Kings' statue at Solid Rock Church in Monroe Ohio, often referred to as 'Touchdown Jesus' was struck by lightning and destroyed by fir. “That would be great!” And before we could finish, Burt came out of the kitchen bellowing, “NO MORE ORDERS” “We can do a pick-up for you,” she offered. “Yeah, we leave the place at 1:30 and we’ll be back at 4:30, you guys local?” Got into the restaurant, sat ourselves, and Burt’s wife came in and asked if we called ahead. Dropped the address in our GPS and we were on our way to a nice sit-down lunch at a place we saw on TV…or so we thought. Admitting defeat, Howard and the interwebs came to the rescue. We put it into the GPS and it couldn’t find anything by that name. Jamie wanted to stop at a deep dish pizza joint called Minetti’s that she saw on Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations”. Quite a few trucks travel this way and we saw a couple of accidents (one of them had a 6-mile backup!)Īpart from the fact that we already made it to another time zone and we hadn’t eaten a thing since 7 in the morning. I took over the driving and things were getting a little easier. The wind was picking up and the snow was coming down a little heavier, but I was able to snap a pic of Touchdown Jesus (above). When it was time to switch, we were looking for a place to stop so we pulled into Notre Dame. Saw our first triple-trailer UPS truck (it was like driving next to a small train). We made some good time with Jamie driving in the morning. Eventually getting the info we needed, we headed out. Turned on the news to see the worst morning news program ever to air. We got up early this morning and looked out the window to see an inch of snow already on the ground.
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