PORTLAND, Ore. — Googly eyes have been appearing on sculptures around the central Oregon city of Bend, delighting many residents and sparking a viral sensation covered widely by news outlets and ...

Meanwhile, city officials sent a statement to the Oregonian ’s Carlos Fuentes. Keith says he affixed googly eyes to two sculptures in Bend, including The Traveler by Richard Beyer. Guardian Group ...

This image provided by the City of Bend, Oregon, shows a set of googly eyes placed on a public art sculpture in Bend. (AP) ...

Jeff Keith, who runs a nonprofit, claimed he was behind some of the googly eyes that mysteriously appeared on public art in Bend, Ore. By Simon J. Levien Last month, googly eyes appeared on pieces ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A resident of Bend says he was the person behind some of the googly eyes that appeared on sculptures around the city in recent months and sparked a viral sensation widely ...

Jeff Keith, founder of a Bend-based nonprofit called Guardian Group that works to combat human trafficking, said Friday that he used duct tape to attach googly eyes to two sculptures.

Keith says he is the inspiration for copycat googly-eye art pranks in Bend. The mystery behind the googly eyes placed on Bend’s public roundabout art has been solved — well, partially.

Jeff Keith, the 53-year-old founder of a Bend-based nonprofit that fights sex trafficking nationwide, told The Oregonian/OregonLive he put googly eyes on two sculptures one night in early December ...