Never doubt the power of breasts. A pair of stone breasts were able to survive a lightning strike in Australia. The breasts were the only part of a hand-carved Venus de Milo statue that survived.
Tom Finlay, a 48-year-old stonemasonry boss from Yarrawonga, Australia watched as his five-foot statue exploded when it was hit by lightning on Jan. 4.
"There was a clap of thunder and the sculpture blew up like a rocket-launcher had hit it. The lightning looked like a serpent.Everything disintegrated but the breasts - all that's left is what's under her hips," he added," Finlay told NT News.
The breast of the statue fell 26 feet from a column that the statue stood on. The breasts weigh 66 pounds but they miraculously survived the drop and the lightning strike. Only one of the nipples were damaged.
To see photof of the breasts, check out the Daily Mail.
The statue was special to Finlay as it was his first attempt at a human sculpture.
"It was my twist on Venus - the original was petite but I made her more motherly and voluptuous," he told NT news. "It was my tribute to Territory women."
Finlay hasn't decided what he'll do with the breasts just yet, but he has some ideas.
"It's still a bit raw. I'll leave the statue the way it is to show the force of nature," he said.
"I might mount (the breasts) and hang them in my office."
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