The eyes became a sensation, except among frustrated city officials, who paid for their removal. The identity of the person behind the pranks, who became known as the Googly Eye Bandit, was unknown.

In December, the googly eyes appeared on eight sculptures in Bend’s Roundabout Art Route, a path linking 27 art installations in the middle of traffic circles.

A mysterious googly eye bandit has struck again in Bend, Oregon. These comical adornments have appeared on sculptures from Adelaide, Australia to Savannah, Georgia over the past few years. Now ...

Beginning in August, the culprit or culprits, nicknamed the Googly Eye Bandit by local news outlets, placed the eyes on works of art in the city’s Roundabout Art Route, which snakes through the ...

It’s worth it.” In December, the googly eyes appeared on eight sculptures in Bend’s Roundabout Art Route, a path linking 27 art installations in the middle of traffic circles.