Leave it to a guy from Dildo, Nfld., to go viral over a massive, phallic-shaped iceberg. Ken Pretty is the man to credit for the worldwide interest in what’s being called the “dickie berg” — a 30-foot tall iceberg that bears a strong resemblance to a certain part of the male anatomy.
Pretty, a 56-year-old power engineer, was out shooting drone video and photos of the sights and sounds of Harbour Grace in Conception Bay (yes, really) last Thursday when he spotted a small iceberg off-shore.
While the shape of the iceberg wasn’t apparent from where he was filming, reviewing back the drone footage revealed the money shot. “People don’t believe it’s real.
They think it’s photoshopped and all that,” Pretty told The Guardian. “I can tell you — it’s real. Pretty uploaded pictures of the dickie berg — a play on the Newfoundland euphemism “dickie bird,” referring to a penis — where it spawned worldwide interest.