It didn t go over well.
Giant robotic spider church roof.
Sacrilegious giant robot spider mounted on notre dame cathedral outrages church goers have you ever heard the one about the archbishop the catholics and the massive robotic arachnid.
A giant mechanical spider is seen during an art performance in front of notre dame cathedral basilica in ottawa july 27.
Canada turned 150 this week and to celebrate a robotics puppetry and live performance company called la machine unleashed its giant robot monsters on downtown ottawa.
The robots were constructed by la machine a french production company that s been around since the early 1990 s.
Seriously you just haven t lived until you ve ridden a giant spider robot.
If you ve got the slightest hint of arachnophobia now would be a good time to run like heck.
Yes it s that cool.
My cathedral staff and i anticipated that some might object but thought it would be minimal as nothing demeaning was intended in the spider being near the church said archbishop terrence prendergast.
Archbishop terrence prendergast said he was surprised by the negative reaction to an artistic initiative after critics called the spider s placement sacrilegious demonic.
Archbishop surprised at backlash over giant robotic spider on cathedral roof.
But not everyone was amused by the spectacle.
Pack it up into a nice little kit.
Getting one is the biggest problem.
Ottawa ontario the archbishop here has expressed regret that several catholics were shocked at the sight of a giant robotic spider perched on notre dame cathedral.
Specifically members of the catholic.
The archbishop of ottawa has spoken of his surprise that several catholics reacted negatively to the installation of a giant robotic spider atop notre dame cathedral.
Heal it up with iron ingots.
Taking a day off from climate change i was chasing a giant fire breathing dragon long ma chinese for long horse through the streets of the market in ottawa ontario canada.
It may be an enchanting feat of engineering to many people but for several catholics in ottawa the giant robotic spider that recently sat on their city s notre dame cathedral basilica represented.