The case in summary: Freediver and rower on the national team, Martin Helseth, shared a video of a crab claw sculpture in Søgne that has been viewed over 90 million times. The video was first posted as an Instagram story, but after a great response it was published as a “reels”. The sculpture, which is up to two meters tall, was made by the artists Ivar Åsland and Odd Jørgensen and placed on the beach in 2014. The sculpture was placed in secret, and the identity of the artists remained unknown until a few days later. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – It has gone over all boot shafts, says Martin Helseth. When the freediver, who is also a rower on the national team, was to hold a diving course in Søgne, he was fascinated by the sculpture on the beach. – I thought it was a bit funny that it looked like an ordinary marsupial crab, Helseth continues. He first posted the video as a “story” on Instagram, and received an unusually large response for his 15,000 followers. So he chose to publish it as a “reels”, and quickly got many views. The size of the crab’s claw is up to two metres. – The whole crab would probably have been five meters wide. There are a surprising number of people who believe it is real, says Helseth. Martin Helseth is a keen diver alongside his rowing career. Here he is pictured on an earlier occasion. Photo: Monika Overdevest It was only when the Instagram account “Theparanormalviking” shared the clip on their account that it really took off. At the time of writing, the clip, which has been shared on multiple accounts, has over 87 million views on Instagram and 4 million views on TikTok. The artist is satisfied Krabbekloa was placed on the beach in 2014. It was the artists Ivar Åsland and Odd Jørgensen who made the sculpture. Åsland was not aware that his art had gone viral when news got in touch. – It is clear that it suddenly becomes a somewhat impressive size when he puts his hand on it. That’s why people react so much, is the artist’s first reaction after seeing the video. Ivar Åsland (tv) and Odd Jørgensen with their sculpture on a previous occasion. Photo: Privat Placed the sculpture in secret The sculpture was placed on the beach without the then Søgne municipality knowing about the matter. The artists put it out at night in secret. Thus, the identity of the artists remained unknown. – When we put it on the beach, we dug it down a little so that it would look like it had washed ashore, continues Åsland. A few days later it became known that the artists were Åsland and Jørgensen. – It was fun, and it was a fun little gift to the municipality, concludes Åsland.
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