DIA Denver International Airport is full of weird of stuff. It may be the weirdest airport any where. Conspiracy theories permeate DIA's every crack and corner. All around you is something that somebody somewhere has a bizarre theory about.
One of the more noticeable attractions at DIA is the giant (32 ft high), blue devil horse that is locally known as Bluecifer!
Bluecifer is a giant blue mustang whose eyes glow with fire. His demonic face and muscles are full of veins bulging out at the seam as he snarls at everyone entering the airport. Conspiracy theorists believe that Blucifer is a representation of one of the 4 horseman of apocalypse, specifically the pale horse known as Death.
That is right, as you leave Denver hoping for a nice peaceful flight you get to drive by a giant, demonic, death Horse. I hope you are not afraid of flying :)
The tale of Blucifer
Blucifer was created by well known artist Luis Jimenez who has constructed statues all across the country. He planned on naming the horse Blue Mustang (This is Blucifer's official name). Almost no one calls him by Blue Mustang, most know the statue as Blucifer. My father insists on calling him BluAblo. Unfortunately, in 2006 while Luis was building Blucifer the head of the great blue mustang fell on him, severing an artery in his leg and killed him. Others finished the great steed and erected in him in his glory outside of DIA in 2008.
People initially hated the demon horse. There was even a group that got a lot of traction to potentially move or hide Blucifer. This did not happen though, Blucifer always prevails. Blucifer and his unique way of scaring and killing people gained him notoriety, which eventually turned into grudged respect.
The Blue Demon horse has now become so popular that he is featured in toys, shirts, and travel mugs. Tourists hunt him out to snap photos of him. There is even a plan to duplicate Blucifer at the newly opened Union Station in Downtown Denver. That is right you can be scared by a demon horse whether you travel by plane, bus, or train.
Like others I have to come to like Blucifer. In order to live in Denver you just have to accept a certain amount of weirdness, and to really thrive you even need to embrace it.
Blucifer even has his own twitter account
Nightmare Horse - Bluecifer Twitter
@Nightmare_Horse in Oeming's Victories #7 pic.twitter.com/M0o0HzKZ7s
— Miles Buckingham (@milesbuckingham) January 15, 2014
MT "@Raq_Villanueva: Denver International Airport got into the spirit of "Star Wars Days! pic.twitter.com/L0JSAXvqBe" get em @Nightmare_Horse
— DolamiteD (@DolamiteD) May 4, 2014
