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Sounds like it is clear who is behind it, unless there is some reason to not believe them.
Anyone can claim they did it but I am unsure they've provided proof. A NM art collective might explain the more local occurrences but they've been found across in the UK and across Europe, which sounds like international pranksters were at work.
They can't coordinate internationally and/or take credit for the local installations?
These are not technical marvels. They are neat and sneakily placing them is interesting, but the ability to create and place them is something college students anywhere could do fairly easily. The European installations could be copycats or coordinated with the NM collective without anyone even needing to travel.
And I'm pretty sure that is the best explanation, I just want more details.
The one I saw would have been difficult to install without any locals spotting it happen, which they didn't, so I am very impressed and would be curious to know how they did it.
Probably with some locals.
It definitely would have needed someone with local knowledge as you wouldn't just stumble across the location. They must have kept very quiet about it as I know someone who lives right by it and they haven't heard anything. However, as it was in a protected wildlife area, they may have been prosecuted for doing it, so there is an incentive to stay quiet.
The places they were put up in the US are in the middle of nowhere and anyone with a pickup could transport it there.
Don't know of all the European locations, but my guess is either remote areas or just put up in a way that is fairly quick and easy. They are basically large poles...