Artful rebellion: California man thwarts city officials with boat mural

SEASIDE, Calif. -- A California man was told by the city of Seaside he needed to put up a fence to hide his boat from public view. That's exactly what he did, but with a twist.

The man had a friend, who is an artist, paint a realistic picture of his boat on the six-foot-tall fence.
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Instead of seeing a boat in the man's yard, you now see a large mural of the boat on the fence.

The boat owner said he is happy with how the mural turned out, and perhaps he got the last laugh.
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The internet appears to love his stroke of genius, too, since the mural has gone viral.