Elsewhere in the UK, a hilltop monolith in Glastonbury with a stenciled rat on its base was helpfully labeled “Not Banksy,” while, across the Atlantic, a gingerbread version was found in a San Francisco park on Christmas day and hailed as a Yuletide miracle.
Outside Milwaukee, someone erected one of snow and ice late last month. Another recent iteration was spotted in St. Gertraudi, Austria, where it appeared in a field of snow. In Park City, Utah, a local handyman is suspected of putting an LED version in a neighbor’s yard under cover of night.
Most copycats have materialized in outdoor locations, but one did pop up in a South African grocery store. All in all, there have been sightings as far afield as Italy, Colombia, New Zealand, India, Bolivia, Japan, and Norway, among other countries.