Photo of penis-shaped ice off Canadian coast goes viral
Just the tip of the iceberg! Photo of penis-shaped ice off the Canadian coast is going viral – and was taken by a man from Dildo
A photo of a phallus-shaped iceberg floating past Canada has caused hilarity on social media.
The mountain, which stands about 30 feet (9 meters) tall and bears a striking resemblance to part of the male anatomy, broke up as it drifted past Newfoundland’s east coast.
Users were quick to call it the “dickie mountain,” asking if it was on its way to “conception cove” or could provide ice for the “sturdier” drink.
Photographer Ken Pretty, from the island’s town of Dildo, said: ‘It wasn’t quite clear from land. But once I got the drone up there, it was unreal how much it looked like, well, you know.”
Photographer Ken Pretty, who lives in the town of Dildo, Newfoundland, snapped this phallus-shaped iceberg as it drifted along the island’s east coast
The image has been shared thousands of times on social media as far away as Australia.
One user wrote, “Well, we’ll know who’s to blame when a bunch of baby icebergs show up in the Atlantic Ocean.”
Others said ‘isn’t that just the tip of the iceberg’ and asked if this might be the ‘second coming’.
Mr Pretty said several people had asked him if the image was a fake because the shape was so unexpected.
“People don’t believe it’s real. They think it’s photoshopped and everything,” he said The protector. “I can tell you – it’s real.”
The mountain was photographed on Thursday, but just a day later, its spherical summit collapsed on it.
The news led to at least one funeral video showing pigeons flying past the iceberg. Below it were the words: ‘Gone, but not forgotten. Forever in our hearts.’
Local publication CP24 unveiled the iceberg with the headline: ‘Dildoman captures phallic iceberg in Conception Bay.’
Icebergs regularly drift along the coast of Newfoundland during the spring months, carved out of the Greenland Ice Sheet, attracting tourists.
The local government has even started a page called Iceberg finderallowing people to track where icebergs are located.
A number of bergs are also harvested in the spring for their water, which is believed to be some of the cleanest in the world.
The water is then sold as far as China, Korea and Saudi Arabia. In 2019, thieves stole $9,000 worth of iceberg water.