Straws.... It’s JAWS, but with scarecrows!
It’s the final straw for a village in England, which has a unique shark problem…unique as it has a great white shark scarecrow.
Cavendish may be no Amity Island, the fictional town featured in the book and film JAWS, but the BBC has reported the Suffolk village is hosting its annual Scarecrow Festival, and this year has a theme of film and books.
All the more fitting then that the Peter Benchley book, which the 1975 Steven Spielberg film is based on, celebrates 50 years since it was first published this year. Joining the iconic shark in the village are the likes of straw renditions from Star Wars, Spiderman, Shrek, Paddington Bear and SpongeBob Squarepants.
The clever JAWS creation features the graffitied Amity Island Regatta billboard, a straw-filled Quint, complete with hat and harpoon, the ‘Beaches Closed’ sign and, of course, the great white shark.
Image source Luke Deal/BBC
It looks as if the shark – which also has Hooper’s oxygen tank hanging out of its mouth - has been created by covering a small boat, you’ll have to decide as to whether or not they needed a bigger boat or not.
Sadly, there is no scarecrow Mayor Vaughn – complete with iconic jacket – or scarecrow Pipit and stick; but it is still an amazing effort that can’t help but make you smile, like a son-of-a-bitch, when you see the display.
Ross Williams, Founder of The Daily Jaws – the world’s number one JAWS fan-site – said: “We’ve seen JAWS the videogame, JAWS the musical and, earlier this year, LEGO JAWS, so JAWS the scarecrow is just an extension of that. It shows how, almost after 50 years since the release of the classic film, that the shark is still working and is still a massive part of popular culture.”
This is the second year the Scarecrow Festival has been run, with all summer dollars raised going to the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
Words by Dean Newman
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