Arizona Penis Tree Now For Sale On eBay, Gets Own Twitter Page
Feb 19, 2010 8 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
ABC Tempe:
TEMPE, AZ — Homeowner Adam Starr confirms he has chopped down a big ‘carving’ credited with turning a lot of heads in his Tempe neighborhood.
And it’s now up for auction…
“That’s disgusting,†said one woman.
“I think it’s funny,†said another.
What they’re buzzing about is an 8-foot-tall penis carving that stood tall enough to be seen in the backyard of Starr’s home.
The object wasn’t erected, but instead carved out of a tree in the backyard of a home. Artistic expression? A fertility statue? The homeowner says no to both.
“Just a kind of practical joke my friends played on me,†said Starr.
The carving was once a pine tree that Starr needed cut down. He said he asked some friends to help him out, but a mix of alcohol and chainsaws created the controversial result.
“I came back and they left me a little surprise,†said Starr. “Yeah I came home and it was actually night and they had a light fixed on it shining.”
He planned on cutting the tree down last weekend, but said his house got broken into and forced him to back away from that plan.
The city of Tempe had told him the stump must come down by Wednesday.
Starr said it would come down before that, and it did, making its final appearance in the neighborhood on Sunday.
Starr has now put the tree up for auction on eBay.
He’s also given the tree its own Twitter page.
But the eBay listing comes with one warning:
***SHIPPING INFO*** This is a very large item. Local pickup only, or arrange for shipping yourself.
Starr said he plans to donate the proceeds to charity.
If the one-of-a-kind carving fails to sell, Starr said he’ll be happy to keep it.
