A YABBA DABBA VICTORY
YOU South Africa|22 July 2021
Florence Fang didn’t flinch when her neighbours took her to court over her Flintstones-inspired home – now Fred and the rest of his crew can officially stay
KIM ABRAHAMS
A YABBA DABBA VICTORY

NOW this is worthy of shouting “Yabba Dabba Doo” from the domed rooftops. After years of fighting for the right to turn her home into a shrine to Fred Flintstone and his merry band of family and friends, this woman has finally won.

Florence Fang’s quirky property – complete with a collection of giant dinosaurs; oversized mushrooms; and life-sized statues of Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty Rubble – is her pride and joy.

Also filling the yard are an astronaut, a moon rover, a spaceship and The Great Gazoo – the name of the alien who crashed to Earth during the final season of the hit 1960s cartoon show. A giraffe, a woolly mammoth, Bigfoot, a few ornamental pigs, and a rainbow complete the wacky wonderland.

“I wanted to decorate my garden with the past and the future combined in harmony,” Florence says. “That’s why I put the rainbow there.”

But for her neighbours, there was no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow – in fact, to them, the place produced the kind of headache you might get from being hit over the pip with a Stone Age club.

Florence’s home, in Hillsborough, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area, quickly became quite the tourist attraction and throngs of people regularly descended on the area, disturbing the peace in the genteel, sleepy little hollow.

Residents also felt the strange structure and Fred and the gang were an eyesore and not in keeping with the aesthetics of the neighborhood.

In fact, they were so offended by Florence’s house they took her to court about it.

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