YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP, PART II:German phallus erected once again

Just days after a large phallus sculpture mysteriously disappeared from a Bavarian mountainside, a similar wooden carving has been erected in its place.

The saga began several years ago when a 2-meter-tall sculpture appeared on the 1,738-m-high Gruenten mountain in southern Germany. It quickly became a selfie magnet for hikers and even featured on Google Maps, where it was described as a “cultural monument.”

The sculpture toppled over several weeks ago, only to be propped up again. Last weekend it vanished entirely, with only a pile of sawdust left behind.

Even as local police probe the disappearance, the tale took a further twist Thursday with the discovery that a new, slightly larger carving of male genitalia had appeared at the site, stabilized with wooden beams.