Family turns their silo into a 25-foot-tall Minion

Oh, the horror.
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Brian Koerber
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What could have been a simple paint job turned into a roadside attraction for neighbors and onlookers alike when the Stark family from Ossian, Indiana, decided to turn their 25-foot-tall silo into a Minion. 

The most terrifying part of this story is that no one forced the family to paint the silo bright yellow with blue overalls, the family did it willingly. 



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Kathy Stark tells NBC4i that her husband came up with the idea to turn the silo in a Minion, and outfit it with 6 foot eyes. And although the Internet's perception of Minions may be pure terror, the locals think the silo is something else. 

“We’re out here in the middle of nowhere but we have traffic jams,” Stark told NBC4i. “People are just stopping to take pictures.”

Stark says that they've seen everything from low-flying helicopters to a busload of elderly folks from the local nursing home stop by, which she absolutely loves. 

“It just tickles me pink,” Stark said. “I just couldn’t believe the response. I knew people would love it, but I had no idea that it was going to turn out as good as it did.”

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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