Statues in the Park

by Neil Murrell

Yesterday I was walking through my local park when I happened upon two largeish statues spaced about 5 meters apart. The first statue was of a cobra, poised to strike, the second was of a walrus. They were positioned facing each other and as I looked at them I saw that there were engravings on the pedestals. Below the cobra was written:

IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED...

Below the walrus was engraved:

I AM THE EGGMAN

and underneath:

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

In between the two statues was a third pedestal, which used to have a figure on it but this figure had been stolen. The thief had scrawled "The Missing Link" on the middle pedestal. What statue used to reside on that middle pedestal?

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