DFW Intl. Airport erects 26-ft. Anubis statue at Founders Plaza

Russ Vandeveerdonk, says:

I am very upset at the DFW Airport Board for allowing this stupid statue, a "left-over" from the Texas State Fair, to be placed on the airport grounds. It is "THE KEEPER OF THE DEAD" in ancient egyptian history. Well how can the DFW people let this statue stand out there, as a joke?? They would NOT allow any memorial to the 137 people who died there on August 2, 1985 to be erected on site, BUT they want this stupid joke to be placed there. It is an insult to those who lost loved ones and to people like myself, I WAS THERE, aiding in the trauma/triage and picking-up loved ones body parts over 20 years ago! I tried to get a monument erected there on the 20th anniversary, but they said no, so I bought 137 red roses and placed them on the fence, with tons of media, worldwide watching that event, not to mention the airport police. What, were they gonna arrest me for doing the right thing? HOW DARE THEY PLACE a joke there, in public view labeled the "keeper of the dead" at DFW Airport. Delta 191 was not the only plane crash out there, AA had one as well there. Come on guys!! Remove that or send out an apology, or a "what were we thinking" press release. Sorry this just pisses me off.

Travis Bush, says:

I bet the DMA people aren't having the business that they expected and need a bit of help. Setting up statue at the airport isn't going to be much help methinks. The exhibit rooms smell like carpet glue (AKA smelly feet), the videos at the end of the exhibit are playing in the same room as loud as possible. You can't really pay attention to either of them and it is annoying as hell. Oh and $30 without an audio tour is a bit much, especially without Tut's coffins or death mask being part of the exhibit.

alexander troup, says:

Landmarks and Icons, fashion statements of an Old deal or a New deal, some good some bad, while the Dallas standard, is ...what was that...on the side of that building,oh it is a parking meter with a Egyptian head...A/T....looking for landmarks in the wrong places.

Russ Vandeveerdonk, says:

I am over it, guess it is funny after all. I do think it was a very clever marketing campaign for the Tut exhibit, aside from the "touchy" plane crash issue I brought up earlier. Where will they move it later? To A.T.'s house for a further, in-depth and historical study? :) ;)

alexander troup, says:

I go by the D.M.A on my trip to the inner city everyday and see the empty spaces that have made the Tut exibit a flop, with economey and other events of far reaching change, you would think people could realize, the more hype the less quality in this kind of exibit, beside, the burial box Tut was in, is not in Dallas...A.T, Hype for Fashion.

Pavel Lishin, says:

<i>especially without Tut's coffins or death mask being part of the exhibit.</i>

Yeah, I didn't really understand why they have KING TUT signs all over the place when, uh, he's not actually here. That's like saying "COME SEE THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN" and then just having some of his hats and a couch he once sat on.

Travis Bush, says:

Take away the comment about the death mask or the coffins and it is still too expensive. The price gouging for parking doesn't make it any better.

alexander troup, says:

The likes of the Curse of the Mummy a movie done with Boris Karloff and yet a real curse alleged,having wipped out 35 people by 1957, is quite intresting in the Circus clause of the contract to exstract greenbacks from the City of Dallas to Egypt...A/T..Smalts from Dallas to Vegas on Egypts back.

Russ Vandeveerdonk, says:

Well, I think this IS STILL a newsworthy item. ABC News 8 is doing a follow-up on this issue and my feelings regarding it, as stated above on the first post here, for the news at 10PM and in the early morning news as well.

Russ Vandeveerdonk, says:

grapevineguy--wow you said it best, an omen from the Middle East? No signage either, most folks flying into Dallas, home of the JFK assassination among other things, will look and wonder. Spooky and yet still tacky.

Tracy Yost, says:

"this city has blown more money on trying to cultivate a sophisticated,urban image--or any image really, since it's never really been able to grow one"....

hey now wait a minute - there was a tv show in honor of our image - it was called "Dallas"..... ;-&gt;

I was hoping to get over to the dma over the holidaze.....

Chris Kidd, says:

To start, a quick correction: Anubis is a jackal, not a dog ;)

First: I love that some people on here are overblowing this thing, shows that a few of the posters on here are no better than the East Texas anti-intellectual conspiracy crackpots who write this same type of garbage on the DMN site. Theres far worse things in the world in this day and age, last time I checked we were experencing one of the worst economies in American history, not to mention a Cowboys team who hasnt been to a playoff in over a decade ;)

Second: I never saw the same parties making noise when the same Anubis statue was at Fair Park during the State Fair, is it the fact its at DFW thats getting your hackles red? Russ and Grapevine, with the path of logic your both currently pursuing, I could also declare where my dog died in my backyard sacred ground as well. That being said, I had a family friend who passed in 191, so did quite a few other folks. But, they didnt close the airport down and turn it into a national memorial, the kept pushing tin to and from other places every day thereafter. No offense to you russ, but to make the link between sacred ground and the business decisions of a major airport is moot.

Third: What really surprises me is to think this would get news coverage by a local affiliate shows D/FW is both a slow news market and also deserves a posting via FARK showing how idiotic this area is once again overreacting to another situation, Which is embarassing. It makes us look like a bunch of wacky hayseeds who believe people should be burned at the stake for believing that the earth is round, the sun is a mass of incandessant gas or that disease isnt caused by demons in the lower humors...

Russ Vandeveerdonk, says:

chrisdanger-good point made! Aside-I was raised in Dallas but have an East Texas lakehouse where I spend a lot of time and I do get involved in many, many issues because I can and have the time to do so. Anibus, at Fair Park, no problem, but without any signage it being at DFW is stupid. It is sacred ground until they erect a memorial out there, most other airports DO HAVE memorials to thier crash victims, why not DFW. Spending so much time to place that thing out there, yet no time spent in 23 years now, on a fitting memorial to the two plane crashes out there. I was the only one who placed 137 red roses on the fenceline on the 20th anniversary. I was there that day in 1985 picking-up loved ones arms and legs and tattered flesh pieces, (sorry) looking for survivors amid the wreckage. And I am not a paramedic, just was out there trying to help out. I HAVE a say-so on this one, spend time to put up a memorial and take down that stupid Anubis thing when the holidays are over.

John McClelland, says:

Next thing ya know they will have Ra handing out conspiracy newsletters at Dealey Plaza.

Jason Rice, says:

::people should be burned at the stake for believing that the earth is round

That's so extreme. There are so many more effective, usually compassionate religious, reprogramming... er... I mean... therapy options now than last year.

alexander troup, says:

Tracy you are right, the city has blown more money to promote.....what, while that is the Dallas syndrome, hype and double type, then again, Dallas is a very selfish kind of center in that respect,compared to other Cities in the State,

I can recall its history, while hype was what brought the Rails here in the 1870s, and if they, the men who made this city did not procure hype, this would not be Dallas on Bryans Trinity, it might of been Coles city of Cedar Springs or Hords Ridge of Oak Cliff, hype and double type...A/T. The Jackels of Wallstreet to promote hype.