GOATSgiving: Giant sculpture of Elon Musk as a goat, riding a rocket is coming to Austin

AUSTIN, Texas — A giant GOAT sculpture is heading to Austin this weekend, with the ultimate journey to the Tesla Giga Factory as a gift to billionaire, Elon Musk.

$EGT developer Ashley Sansalone tells us, "We just put a goat on a rocket with him on it because I think that he's, he's the goat in his industry."

The sculpture which features Elon's head on a goat body, straddling a rocket is the brainchild of cryptocurrency firm Elon Goat Token ($EGT).

The 20-foot-tall sculpture is complete and will be heading to Austin later this week. Sansalone says you'll see it floating on a trailer along Austin roads before the big delivery day to Elon Musk on November 26th.

"We're gonna throw an event, gather up a bunch of cars, ideally as many Teslas as possible, and then we'll deliver it to, to tesla Giga factory here in Austin and just hope for the best. I mean, it really is kind of a crazy viral marketing plan."

$EGT believes Elon knows about the giant gift, but it's still a mystery, whether or not he will accept it.

The company would love for you to join this momentous moment. They will be meeting at COTA on November 26th. Then, they'll parade to the Giga factory with fans following behind the massive monument. Register to attend the event here.

Here's what the company says on Instagram regarding the delivery day: "We gather and throw a big party, then rally to GIGA and ask that Elon claims it! Crazy plans for this world's first Crypto Token marketing concept."

"We just thought, 'why sit there and beg for his attention when we can actually put some hard work in' which we thought he'd appreciate and just present it to the market and say, hey, we're doing something really cool," Ashley said.

Ashley says the sculpture is basically a giant meme token.

"We have plans and we're in development right now to actually put out utility products for the mainstream to adopt cryptocurrency merchant processing. But on the front end and where we started was what's called a meme token."

The idea behind the crazy creation

Ashley says the process started in December of last year. They hired a designer out of California named Danny Wang to create the design and renderings. From there, they hired a metal sculptor out of Canada named Kevin Stone.

Ashley says Kevin has been recognized by Elon, "He did a dragon sculpture, I think back in 2019. And Elon used it as his profile picture. So Kevin agreed to do the head of Elon."

The actual building of the rocket and the goat body on the trailer was done in Phoenix, Arizona by a company called Spectacle Works. Sansalone says they do a lot of Burning Men Project Buildouts.

Ashley says they raised $600,000 from the community to build it

Ashley says he's nervous but excited for delivery day, "we're just excited to see what happens one way or the other. And we're hoping that his acknowledgment of the monument leads to building a stronger cryptocurrency because we're excited to build up more, more on the token."