National Post

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Eighty-three sculptures of those weird-looking Olympic mascots are popping up around London ahead of the opening ceremonies.

To recap: Wenlock and Mandeville (the Paralympic mascot) are “magical beings” created by a London design firm for the Olympics to “capture the imagination of children.” But they ended up looking quite, uh, you know, and then everyone wondered who signed off on this plan. Also, since London is the land of CCTV, the pair have cameras for eyes so they can “record everything.” It says that on their website. No, not creepy at all.

Click through for a full gallery of the madness.