The Denver International Airport in Colorado, USA, has been gaining a lot of attention from conspiracy theorists after a number of weird art installations have popped up over the years.
One of the first ‘weird’ things about the fifth largest airport in the US is a massive 32-foot-tall, demon-eyed sculpture of a horse that is also known as Blucifer. It’s not a very welcoming piece of art, and since its installation 15 years ago, the sculpture has drawn a lot of conspiracy theories, perhaps fanned on by the fact the creator of the piece, artist Luis Jimenez, was killed by his own creation.
Designed as a reference to Mexican murals and the ‘energy of the Southwest’, its glowing red eyes were meant as a homage to Jimenez’s father’s neon workshop. The installation, however, took on a sinister meaning when a piece of fibreglass broke off from the 9 000-pound sculpture and fatally severed an artery in Jiminez’s leg, causing his death.
Airport officials pointed out that the piece is nearly 30 years old and represents the past and future of transportation, but TikTok had other ideas: