{"id":67847,"date":"2022-11-22T08:13:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=67847"},"modified":"2022-11-22T08:13:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:13:36","slug":"albertans-get-first-look-at-16-foot-tall-cheeto-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2022\/11\/22\/albertans-get-first-look-at-16-foot-tall-cheeto-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Albertans get first look at 16-foot tall Cheeto statue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Worth the drive:\u00a0<\/strong>Visitors gather to view the Cheetle Hand Statue in Cheadle, Alberta on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Large amounts of Calgarian\u2019s have rushed to the towering structure since it was first displayed. (Photo by Phil Wachowich\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

S<\/span>ome Calgarians have rushed out to the Alberta hamlet of Cheadle to take a look at what is believed to be the world’s largest Cheeto.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Art is anything you can get away with,\u201d said Calgarian Ian Matheson. \u201cSomething larger than life like this is fantastic. Particularly the cheetle dust on the fingers is what makes it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A 16-foot tall statue of a Cheeto was unveiled earlier this month in Cheadle, Alta. about 25 minutes east of Calgary, \u00a0The Cheetle Hand Statue depicts a large gray hand, with its fingers covered in bright orange residue, holding onto the cheesy snack.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t see something like this everyday,\u201d said Geoff Smith, a visitor from Calgary. \u201cIt\u2019s only gonna be here for a short time, so I thought well, why not?\u201d<\/p>\n

The number of visitors that the statue receives each day surpasses the sub-100 population of the hamlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if they were counting on all this traffic here but it\u2019s sure drawing a crowd,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n

Frito Lay, the makers of Cheetos, chose the small Alberta hamlet as the initial home for the statue due to the similarities in name between Cheadle and cheetle.<\/p>\n

\u201cCheetos fans have always known that the delicious, cheesy dust on their fingertips is an unmistakably delicious part of the Cheetos experience, but now it officially has a name: cheetle,\u201d said Lisa Allie, senior marketing director for PepsiCo Foods, \u00a0in a Oct. 4\u00a0press release.<\/a><\/p>\n

As for the debate of what the proper cleaning practice is for consumers when the cheetle dust accumulates, Calgarians had mixed opinions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would probably do a mixture of dusting and licking,\u201d said Matheson. \u201cMy wife, because she\u2019s a germaphobe, would not like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI like it!\u201d said visitor Perry Bissell. \u201cI lick it off!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Left behind:\u00a0<\/strong>An abandoned pile of Cheeto\u2019s sits below the Cheetle Hand Statue in Cheadle, Alberta on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. It is common for visitors to bring along the cheesy snack while visiting the roadside attraction. (Photo by Phil Wachowich\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cheesy structure will only be located in Cheadle until Nov. 4, with unannounced plans as to where the structure is headed next on a potential Canadian tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be a prairie tour to start off with,\u201d said Matheson, speculating where the statue could go. \u201cIn a big city it\u2019d be a waste, so it\u2019s got to be small towns.\u201d<\/p>\n

You don’t see something like this everyday, it’s only gonna be here for a short time, so I thought well, why not? – Geoff Smith<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For Calgary visitors like Matheson and his wife Tannis, the location of the statue is a pleasant excuse to travel through the prairies.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing out of Calgary we frankly don\u2019t come east, we tend to go west,\u201d said Matheson. \u201cIt was fun to take a drive today and come out east because it\u2019s been awhile.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cheetle Hand Statue is located at 400 Railway Ave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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