Remember the tall mystery bench of '07 that baffled onlookers for at least a day? We thought we got some closure in December when Suckapants unmasked the duo behind it (Brad Downey and Mike Wrobel), but like any good story this one reveals its layers slowly. Here's what went down before the bench went up:
The "magical bench" (as it's described) has likely been discarded by the DOT by now, but it will live on in this video (which is set to the unlikely tune of Lookin' Out My Back Door by Creedence Clearwater Revival).
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