"I just like crazy signs and memorabilia," says Puschert, who received the Elvis statue as a gift from his longtime companion, Harriette Smith.

One day in 2001 she borrowed Puschert’s Bronco but refused to tell him why she needed it. She soon returned after realizing that the King wouldn't fit into the Bronco and drove away in Puschert's pick-up truck. "She was coming down the highway, and people were giving her the thumbs-up," he says.

Since then, the figure often attracts a crowd. "I had women sit out there for 20 minutes and cry," he says. "It's the darnedest thing ever."