Followup: Guy who made the construction barrel monster was arrested
From http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/5339554:
Raleigh police arrested a North Carolina State University student last week who was accused of creating a "monster" out of construction barrels and placing it on the side of the road.He's asking for people to write letters in his defense on his site
Authorities charged Joseph Carnevale with larceny for taking materials from a construction site at a roundabout project to create the monster.