Minne The Lake Creature Leaves Lake Calhoun For The Season

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials with Minneapolis parks say Minnesotans gave a little too much love to Minne the Lake Creature, the 13-foot-tall fiber glass water monster that floated in Lake Calhoun this summer up until Wednesday.

The Minneapolis Parks Foundation said the sculpture was brought in for repairs and won't be out the rest of the season.

This comes, officials say, after people were seen recently climbing all over the sculpture, which looks like a small-scale Loch Ness monster.

Tom Evers, the executive director of the parks foundation, said that up to three people at a time were seen on Minne.

"Lake Calhoun embraced Minne the Lake Creature like no other lake – a bit too literally, at times," he said.

While Evers said he wants people to engage with the sculpture, he said it's best to do so at a distance.

Minne came to Lake Calhoun in June, and instantly became a selfie destination for many Minnesotans who visited the popular city lake.

The lake creature was supposed to stay up until September.

While it's yet unknown where Minne's aquatic destination will be next year, the parks foundation says regulations prevent them from posting "no climbing" signs on or near the lake creature.