Barrel Fever: NC State student arrested for creating Barrel Monster

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A student at North Carolina State University has been arrested and charged with larceny for swiping some of those bright orange construction barrels from the road and creating what has been dubbed the "Barrel Monster". Joseph Carnevale, who also went by the handle "U Live and You Burn" before he was caught and his real name revealed, has made barrel art before (see gallery below), but none were so brash, or so big, as the Barrel Monster. Aside from being an artist, Carnevale also does graffiti and is an "Urban Explorer", which basically means he trespasses in all those cool places that citizens aren't supposed to go like construction sites, sewer drains and abandoned buildings.

He has also chronicled his exploits on a blog at nopromiseofsafety.com where he is currently soliciting compassionate parties to write on his behalf to the prosecutor. Let's hope the DA doesn't browse his blog, as it's filled with evidence of trespassing, vandalism and the like. Though some public property was damaged in the case of Carnevale's Barrel Monster, we do hope they let him off light. Frankly, most highways could use a Barrel Monster.

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[highwaystar22]

Epic. +2 points to that guy.

[VROOOM]

those are cool!!

[Andrew Bohan]

wow. i lmao'd

[DreamN]

Those are badass. I want a mini replica of the first one to put on my desk. lol

[DrftSLowHomIe!!]

oh crap thats funny lol

[s13poop]

fucking awesome

urban art at its best :D

[soreballz]

+1
That is awesome stuff.

[brndck]

i love it when ppl do creative stuffs like this.
i approve.

[HyperTek]

haha that is pretty awesome..

but i can see why they wanna prosecute him, he still stole/defaced city property .

[jamg]

yeah, stealing gov. property is a no no.

but those look cool as shit.

[Farzam]

I wish I saw it in person. Probably woulda taken one. I actually live and work pretty much on NC state campus...

GO WOLFPACKKK

[ESmorz]

Philip Rivers

[aznpoopy]

hopefully they'll let him off with a slap, because he's pretty good.

it'd be fitting if they just had him pay for the cones/barrels.

[qwikspool]

thats creative and cool. sucks he got in trouble.

[Charlie]

I want the first one on my lawn. That would be so cool.

[0wn3r]

place i went to school they were doing construction from the time i started school to the time i graduated. i don't blame the kid for having imagination...just make him pay for some barrells

[0100]

it'd be fitting if they just had him pay for the cones/barrels.

If they do anything more than have him pay for the barrels, they are complete assholes.

[Gnnr]

I bet those cones don't even belong to the city. They're most likely contracted from a private company or belong to the private company the city hired to do the construction job.

[thisisastickup]

you guys should read his blog, it's fucking awesome.

[98s14inaz]

So much win! Creative stuff like this gets my seal of approval. I hope he gets off easy.

[The Chad]

Reminds me of my teen years when my friends and I would snag pylons and traffic barrels like that and make "castles" (stack em' really high) out of them on the side of highways.

So props to someone who took it to the next step. :)

[Future240]

If they do anything more than have him pay for the barrels, they are complete assholes.

I would not be surprised in the least bit if they made him pay, and do some community service. At the worst, maybe some months locked up.

[amdnivram]

lol those are awesome

[HyperTek]

reminds me of Mega Man!!! lol

[DALAZ_68]

thats pure win