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| The sculpture:"Mustang", later known as "Blucifer" |
While rushing to the tram, I caught a very brief
glimpse of a huge horse statue on the horizon. Since I had to
get quickly to my other gate, my wheelchair driver zipped right along, no time
to stop and take in the sights. Once on
the underground tram, I sat next to a nice gal and I had mentioned the HUGE
horse statue. She had either been to
Denver lots of times, or perhaps she was a local, but she gave me a quick synopsis of the story
behind the statue. It sounded too gruesome to be a fable, and incredibly sad as
the truth. When I got home from my trip,
I researched this unique and tragic tale.
Created
by the artistic vision of Luis Jimenez, it was one of the earliest public
art commissions for Denver International Airport in 1993. The 32-foot-tall
(9.8 m) sculpture is a bright blue cast-fiberglass sculpture of a horse
with glowing red eyes. The “spirit of the west” was what the artist was trying
to represent by the strength of the horse and the glowing eyes. Sadly, Jimenez was killed in an accident in
his New Mexico studio in 2006, when a piece of the sculpture fell and severed
the artery in his leg. The piece was completed by Jimenez’s children and
unveiled in 2008.
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| "Blucifer"...even spookier at night! |
The statue has been surrounded by controversy and acquired the nickname “Blucifer” for it’s demonic appearance and of course the death of its creator.
It’s also interesting that Denver is the largest airport in the northern hemisphere. On a global scale it’s second only to Saudi Arabia. With all that acreage and miles of underground tunnels, it creates fodder for many interesting legends. So in addition to the stories surrounding “Blucifer” there are numerous legends as to the unique physical characteristics of the airport itself. Many believe the airport was designed by several secret societies including the Free Masons, the Illuminati and The New World Order. One legend has it that these groups built the underground tunnels and secret buildings under the airport to survive the coming apocalypse and/or overthrow of the government. Airport officials have acknowledged that the underground terminals were originally used for baggage transport, but are now used to transport passengers from one concourse to another. This is the tram that I rode. It didn’t seem scary at all, just incredibly fast.
As for me, next time I'll try for a direct flight.
