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In a baffling but somehow deeply Oregonian development, state officials have confirmed that the recently vacated site of Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach has now been filled with the Oregon Pioneer—better known as the Gold Man from atop the Oregon State Capitol.
The swap, carried out under cover of dense coastal fog and complete bureaucratic silence, has left residents of Salem stunned and their Capitol building awkwardly nude.
“It’s drafty,” said one unnamed legislative aide. “We didn’t even get a heads-up. One day we had an iconic statue, the next day it was just… gold-man-shaped sadness.”
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