An 8-foot werewolf prop named Norman Jr. was erected by Pastor Tim Hartley on a scorched lot in West Altadena. After the Eaton Fire burned across Altadena about a year and a half earlier, the werewolf reappeared amid ashes and debris. The prop featured a large T-shirt and a rainbow-colored heart reading “I love Altadena.” Visitors and residents described the sight as hopeful and as a mascot for Altadena’s resilience. The werewolf also became a point of division within the community, reflecting differing views about its meaning and presence after the fire.
"After the Eaton Fire burned across Altadena a year and half ago, an unusual sight reappeared up amid the ashes and debris: a giant werewolf wearing a large T-shirt, with a big rainbow-colored heart that said, “I love Altadena.”"
"“Where he sits on that hill, the sun behind him when we were there in the evening, the sun was setting and the clouds were perfect. It was just such a weirdly hopeful thing,” said Taylor Jennings, who was visiting from Fresno last summer when he saw Norman standing over the fire-torn intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Mariposa Street."
"“All around there's devastation, and there's an 8-foot [tall] werewolf. At that point, I realized how Altadena is feral, and he just seemed like the perfect mascot,” Jennings said."
"Norman Jr., an 8-foot prop werewolf, was erected by Pastor Tim Hartley on the scorched lot of a sobering living house in West Altadena operated by the Episcopalian Diocese of Los Angeles."
Read at Kqed
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]