This giant oilman has towered over the old Tulsa Fairgrounds since 1966. Also referred to as the “Golden Driller,” he’s a whopping eight stories tall. Those are some big feet, dude. I know a shoe house in Pennsylvania that might fit!

The Golden Driller is reportedly the largest free-standing statue in the world. He is 76 feet tall, so high that he rests his right hand atop an actual production oil derrick. Built of iron and concrete, he weighs nearly 22 tons and is expected to survive 200 mph tornadoes.

He was declared Oklahoma’s official state monument in 1979, and the plaque at his base dedicates him “to the men of the petroleum industry who, by their vision and daring, have created from God’s abundance a better life for mankind.”

Tulsa, Oklahoma, was once considered the oil capital of the world. Weird, I know, but that’s OK with me!