Do you recognize this man?

In a great news story regarding my two loves in life, baseball and fried chicken, it seems the Japanese have recovered a stone statue of Colonel Sanders that had been submerged for 24 years. Per the associated press:

A statue of the KFC mascot has been found in a river in Osaka, a city official said Wednesday, nearly a quarter century after being tossed in by crazed baseball fans who felt the image of restaurant founder Harland Sanders resembled a key team member.

And if you think the Chicago Cubs curse of the goat is ridiculous, get a load of this:

Many fans feel the team has been plagued by the "curse of Colonel Sanders" since his effigy was submerged in 1985.

There are so, so many things running through my head right now...why is there a stone stature of the Colonel in Japan in the first place? Perhaps Stuart Mackenzie in So I Married An Axe murderer was right...could the Colonel be evil? And most importantly, how is he going to make that delicious, delicious chicken without hands?