Minions mysterious pop up in Victorian town of Warrak trends now
A tiny town is being over-run by Minions and the shadowy mastermind behind the invasion is proving harder to unmask than any criminal genius from the cult cartoon.
Scrap metal sculptures of Minions, the slavish race of short yellow henchmen for James Bond-style super villains in the Despicable Me series of kids' movies, have been mysteriously popping up around the western Victoria town of Warrak.
Locals such as Mountainside Wines co-owner Shane Goninon are baffled about who made the 24 sculptures and why.
'We're (Warrak) only a little place of about 70 people and they've just been appearing and no one knows who is doing it so it's really quite funny,' he told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday.
Mr Goninon said the first Minion appeared after almost everyone in the town attended a Christmas party.
'One of the people up the road, John, went home after the party and out the front of his house was the first one and no one knew what was going on,' Mr Goninon said.
Sculptures of cult cartoon characters the Minions have been mysteriously appearing overnight in the small Victorian town of Warrak
The Minion that appeared outside the property belonging to the local racetrack stewards adopted an appropriate jockey attire
'They just put up on the community Facebook page that 'we got home last night and Santa Claus has left a letter box.
'Since then every couple of weeks they have been appearing overnight and we are up to about 24 of them now.'
Mr Goninon said the maker had to be a local because of the inside knowledge that went into tailoring the Minions for each recipient.
The second one that appeared was outside the property of a Melbourne Demons AFL club supporter so it was kitted out in the jersey colours of red and blue.
'Someone further up there's a mad Collingwood supporter, so theirs is black and white,' Mr Goninon said.
A particularly thoughtful Minion was delivered to the home of Gwen Pilgrim.
'They knew that Gwen was really into gardening so hers has got a plant growing out of the top of it,' Mr Goninon said.
'Which was really good because she is fighting cancer at the moment so she was really happy to get one.'
A specially tailored pot plant Minion appeared at the property of a keen gardener who has been battling cancer
This Minion has adopted the armour of Australian bush ranger legend and folk hero Ned Kelly
Since last December Minions have been popping up roughly every fortnight in the Victorian town of Warrak
Other examples of specially crafted Minions include a jockey outside the neighbouring houses of a father and daughter
