Big Catch - A New Theory?

Finish the tour with Richard Beyer's infamous "Big Catch," on the corner of Marine View Drive South and 7th Avenue South in Des Moines. 

Is it simply a playful romp that is inadvertently R-rated? Or is it distastefully provocative? Is it - as the artist asserts - about a fairy tale maiden turned into a fish is saved by a kiss? (The problem being that Mr. Beyer confessed to making that explanation up after the controversy surrounding the statue kicked in.)

Watch the Seattle Southside Scenes short film about Big Catch here.

Hmm. Making up a story after a controversy about what really happened kicks in. Where have we heard about that before? 

Some say, Big Catch represents the Twilight-Zone, hard science-fiction aftermath of Harold Dahl's human-alien encounter, and asks, what happens when an alien slag drops into our Puget Sound environment? Perhaps that really is some out-of-this-world fish.