KINGSTON SOUTH EAST, Australia — On a grassy patch of land beside the Princes Highway, Casey Sharpe sighed as he looked up at his most prized and problematic possession: a 55-foot-tall spiny lobster. The crowds Mr. Sharpe imagined when he bought Larry, known as The Big Lobster, 11 years ago never materialized. Larry would be shipped thousands of miles away to Western Australia. “My name will be mud,” Mr. Sharpe said. “I might have to move towns.” His deadline for the local council — or someone else — to save the lobster is next Monday.

Source: New York Times August 30, 2018 04:33 UTC