Seasonal & Holidays
Rocky Statue Gets Jack-O-Lantern Head For Halloween
Sylvester Stallone himself shared a photo on social media of his likeness at the Philadelphia Art Museum adorned with a jack-o-lantern head.
PHILADELPHIA — Philly loves Rocky. And one trickster turned the iconic statue of the movie protagonist into a Halloween display.
The statue depicting Rocky Balboa at the Philadelphia Museum of Art was adorned with a jack-o-lantern on its head sometime overnight Monday into Tuesday.
Sylvester Stallone himself shared a photo of the statue with the pumpkin head on his social media pages Tuesday.
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"Rocky just bought a new hat that’s edible," Stallone wrote on Instagram. "Happy Halloween."
Action News reports Rocky's head was covered in a bag before the carved pumpkin was placed on it to protect the bronze statue.
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It's unclear who put the pumpkin on the statue.
Visitors to the statue had been known to place items on it, including sports jerseys and COVID masks.
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