The bad news is: It turns out the statue was on private property. The property owner probably noticed a bunch of weirdos entering his…woods for no discernible reason and discovered some weird ass occult statue. And figured those weirdos are probably some bizarre devil worshipers. (I’m kidding, of course. This is just what I figure was going on through his head.)
So, the statue was dug up several minutes ago, to be disposed of. But the guy digging it out also seemed bemusedly accommodating to the hunters’ on the scene’s dramatics, so it might only get moved somewhere else. We’ll have to see.