LONDON -- If you're going to do a prank, you might as well do it properly.
That was clearly the thinking behind 'Fridgehenge', a replica of England's prehistoric monument Stonehenge, which sprung up overnight on a street corner in Kent. The structure was built using over 30 fridges in the early hours of Monday morning, and it's already been getting attention from local visitors.
Someone is Maidstone's put up a replica of Stonehenge made out of fridges #Fridgehenge pic.twitter.com/EFubT6NPT0— Jim.app (@jimgroome) June 21, 2015
@SkyNews @BBCBreaking @KM_newsroom @wenz_pete I'm at #fridgehenge #SummerSolstice pic.twitter.com/0CAht6tNyf— pete wenz (@wenz_pete) June 21, 2015
Visited the very spiritual sight of fridgehenge today #fridgehenge pic.twitter.com/PzPmoTT2kO— Katie Alice (@KatieAliceDix) June 21, 2015
But who has over 30 old fridges just lying around? Well according to the Mirror, the structure was built by the owners of a white goods firm in Maidstone.
"Someone in the shop mentioned the solstice and I thought it would be quite funny," one of the Fridgehenge creators, Kevin Wildman, told the paper. "We got up at 3am on Friday and spent three hours building it. We've had one neighbour who wasn't very happy but everyone else has really got into the spirit of it and had a bit of a laugh."
As unique as it sounds, the idea of re-creating Stonehenge from fridges isn't actually a new one. Other fridge-based monuments have popped up all over the globe – from Castlemaine, Australia to Sante Fe, New Mexico.
Are you coming to the @statefestival in Castlemaine? #fridgehenge is well worth a look pic.twitter.com/Br01A4XBKY— Christophe (@Chafule) March 13, 2015
I had a lot of fun checking this out - it's Stonehenge made of fridges! http://t.co/KwbakppTYG #fridgehenge pic.twitter.com/iqyy2trPXD— Shana Morgan (@shana_morgan) May 22, 2014
This last one is from New Mexico, and whoever assembled it must have had a small crane and a lot of time on their hands.
Un Stonehenge una mica refrigerat xD #Fridgehenge http://t.co/NtIPHBHYSf pic.twitter.com/He6rAbktX5— Núria Sucarrats (@nursucar) March 28, 2014
Kent's Fridgehenge is apparently being disassembled on Monday. But if history (and Twitter) have taught us anything, it'll be back.