Fishing town loses namesake tuna statue
Published 5:00 am Thursday, June 5, 2008
CHARLESTON — Sorry, Charlie. You’re a crime victim.
The blue, 8-foot wood statue of a tuna stood for two decades at the east end of the bridge, welcoming folks to the Oregon coastal fishing town Charleston.
Now, the tuna named Charlie is missing. Since the chain holding the statue in place was cut, Charlie is presumed stolen.
Mel Campbell of the merchants association says Charlie was last seen wearing an orange hat and glasses, similar to StarKist’s pitch-fish.
She says the group has another tuna statue, a 12-footer at the information center.
But Charlie was more popular, and, she says, “looked cute at the end of the bridge.”