Somewhere in Europe, a giant Lego family is missing a father.
Children playing on a Brighton, UK beach were stunned and thrilled to find a 6-foot-tall Lego man washed up on the beach, looking like he'd taken quite a swim. No one knows where the Lego man came from, though there are theories that he may have ties to a Dutch artist named Ego Leonard.
The Lego company was as surprised as anyone, though the giant Lego man's timing was impeccable: this year is the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Lego man, bringing police officers, firefighters, astronauts, and more yellow-faced, smiling men into Lego constructions everywhere.
Last year, a similar Lego man washed up on a Holland beach, bearing a grammatically esoteric slogan:

Take heed: the Lego people have spoken.
Photo (Right): Kent News and Pictures