In celebration of one of Hartlepool’s most famous exports, Ridley Scott, we believe that there should be a massive, to-scale, scary-as-hell statue of the Alien from Aliens in the centre of our town.

Ridley Scott studied at the West Hartlepool College of Art, his first film Boy and Bicycle was filmed in Hartlepool around Seaton Carew.

We believe that this statue would bring many of the millions of fans of the series to our town to get a photograph with this iconic creation.

People would come for nights out in Hartlepool purely to get a picture of them and their friends getting chased by the Alien whilst eating Parmos. Children who walk through the area would be terrified of it. Just imagine!

We also hope that this petition travels far enough, gaining enough visibility and publicity that the present day owners of the image rights for the Alien will let the people of Hartlepool use them for mates’ rates (the new horror game Alien: Isolation is really fantastic! Can’t wait for the new Alien film by Neil Blomkamp! Hint, hint! Let us do this!).

If Hartlepool Borough Council reckon we can afford all the stuff they’re showing in their Master Plan regeneration document (including a pointless ‘London Eye’ style Ferris wheel) we should definitely prioritise a gigantic statue of the Alien from Aliens.