Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Campaigns In Charlotte, North Carolina

Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a voter registration event at Johnson C. Smith University on September 8, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hillary Clinton is campaigning in North Carolina and Missouri.

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As the presidential campaign continues into uncharted territory of vitriol and hyperbole, one Oregon man has made a visual statement extreme for even this election season by hanging an effigy of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton from a crane along Interstate 5, according to media reports.

The candidate's likeness -- clad in a black wetsuit, women's clothing and a blonde wig -- dangles from a tall crane outside of the town of Sutherlin and is surrounded by toilets filled with signs representing the Bureau of Land Management and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Alongside the effigy were signs reading "VOTE TRUMP," "URANIUM ONE" and "TREASON? ASK HER," according to a report from KVAL.

'Got your attention, didn't it?' Man says 'Vote Trump', hangs Clinton in effigy along I-5 https://t.co/RI2bBUsWVR pic.twitter.com/YRjsOkzUoW — KVAL News (@KVALnews) September 12, 2016

The man responsible for the display, Billy Pitner, told KVAL that he wanted to bring attention to the wrongdoings of the Democratic candidate.

"I'm allowed to have my feelings, right, wrong, or indifferent," Pitner said. "Here you are. Got your attention, didn't it?"

Despite a request from a local priest to take the effigy down, KVAL reported, Pitner plans to keep the display up and will change the signs daily.

-- Kale Williams

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