The ordinary . . . the bizarre.
The familiar . . . the dreamlike.
Countless intersecting paths down the same streets.
Turned corners, reflections, glimpses, mysteries.
The complexity of living.
Happiness . . . despair.
You will encounter many complex visions and contrasts when walking through downtown San Diego. Which is what I did yesterday morning.
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It’s almost Friday. That means it’s almost the weekend. Right?
Works for me.
So that we can all anticipate the weekend properly, I’ve curated an odd batch of amusing photos.
Taken during the past month or so. No particular order…
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Perhaps you remember a past blog post where I shared photos of a UFO mural outside the Unarius Academy of Science in El Cajon. Or another post that included a photo of a large flying saucer on the roof of an unusual automobile that I spotted in Coronado.
Well, during my weekend walk through El Cajon, I paused outside the Unarius New World Teaching Center to read various displays in their windows.
The first thing that caught my attention was their Map of the Interplanetary Confederation, with its 33 planets that form a spiraling vortex emanating from a spiritual sun. And how in 1973 Uriel contacted the leaders of these planets, learning of their Master Plan.
Another display concerned the lost civilization of Atlantis, and the coming arrival of the Space Brothers, advanced scientists who will teach humankind interdimensional physics.
Fascinating, to say the least!
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I saw this on Sunday. Valentine’s Day.
I was walking past a bus stop in North Park when my attention was arrested by a large teddy bear. The bear was sitting alone at the end of the bench. I looked around. Absolutely nobody was nearby.
I had to pause to take in this strange sight. Then it occurred to me: either this cute, very loveable teddy bear had been accidentally left behind, or it had been left there intentionally.
Either scenario meant heartbreak.
It’s one small story in the city that you and I will never know.
What made my discovery really weird–almost eerie–is that for weeks I had been working on a short story concerning a similar teddy bear on the streets of a city.
Even though the story is very short, it had persistently troubled me. I knew it had potential. But I couldn’t seem to get it right.
Seeing that mysterious bear inspired me to work on the story with renewed purpose.
I published The Teddy Bear yesterday. Since then I’ve made a number of changes. But I think it might be finished. It remains painful. Like many of my little stories it has a surprise ending.
If you’d like, you can read it here.
Over the years, I’ve shared photographs of some really weird stuff!
Given how I just blogged about a yellow bison on a Golden Hill rooftop, and how I recently posted photos of that goofy Wienerschnitzel street art in Imperial Beach, I thought I’d revisit other examples of strange, weird, wonderfully bizarre stuff that have appeared on Cool San Diego Sights!
In addition to viewing artwork that’s highly unusual, by clicking the following links you’ll feast your eyeballs on crazy cosplay, bizarre cars, flamethrowing bagpipes, a cattle drive through downtown San Diego, and other wacky stuff!
Click the following links to see these oddities!
Architecture inspired by nature . . . and UFOs!
Strange, bizarre cars of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
Cleverly designed furniture is surprising, playful art!
Amazing, fantastic, crazy cosplay everywhere!
Street musician plays flamethrower bagpipes!
Photos of cattle drive through downtown San Diego!
The fantastic, amazing Harper’s Topiary Garden!
A (strange) Method for Reaching Extreme Altitudes!
World’s most amazing car, displayed in San Diego!
Bart Club street art on a San Diego corner.
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Why is there a big yellow bison standing on the roof of an apartment building in Golden Hill?
You can see this very odd sight on the southeast corner of Broadway and 21st Street.
I spoke to some folks walking across the street. They’ve lived in the neighborhood for ten years. They told me the big yellow bison has been standing up on that rooftop for at least a decade. They guess the building owner must really like bison!
Seems as good an explanation as any!
Does anyone out there know anything about this peculiar sculpture? Leave a comment!
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During my walks around the city, I sometimes will blink my eyes with astonishment.
Because what they see is strange and unexpected, and occasionally bizarre!
These photos were all taken in the past couple of weeks…
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The other day I was walking along the Embarcadero past Ruocco Park when I took this rather bizarre photograph.
What’s wrong with this picture?
If that fellow wearing orange is a huge soccer fan playing golf on an urban course that features five foot diameter holes, clearly nothing is wrong!
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Here’s another batch of odd photographs that might make you look twice!
I captured all of these images in the past couple weeks during walks around San Diego.
Some of these are so strange and mysterious even I’m perplexed!
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Check out these strange photographs!
Earlier this year, sheets of plywood protecting certain downtown San Diego windows had been spray painted with colorful graffiti. A few days ago the same boards were reused and placed over windows again.
The original graffiti artwork has been scrambled and randomly reassembled in a bizarre but visually fascinating way!
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