# The Wicker Man Now Legless!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-now-legless/381571>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 23, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-now-legless/381571 "2006-11-23T18:19:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-now-legless/381571/1 "2006-11-23T18:19:52Z")

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Yes, it does count as pointless, doesn’t it? 🙂

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> A Galloway landmark left by a cult 1970s movie has been chopped down.
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> Wooden legs from a figure set alight in the final scenes of The Wicker Man had remained in their concrete bases at Burrowhead for some 30 years.
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> Investigations have started after the legs - standing about 5ft high - were sawn down and removed, leaving two stumps in the ground. …
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> “The film has many fans who do very many strange things.”…

[BBC Link](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/6176828.stm)  
Yep, I can’t think of any better way to spend a windy winter day than to got out for a quick spot of leg-chopping. Weird. :eek:

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wicker-man-now-legless/381571/2 "2006-11-23T18:41:23Z")

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From the title I thought Edward Woodward had drunk too much.