Where to Find the Talking Gargoyle in Denver International Airport

Did you know there’s a talking gargoyle in the Denver International Airport (DIA)? It mysteriously appeared earlier this year and was soon making news.

The gargoyle’s name is Greg. Kind of a tame name for a grotesque statue in my opinion but okay. Greg the Gargoyle it is.

And his appearance wasn’t as mysterious as I’m trying to lead you to believe. He was there to help celebrate the airport’s 24th anniversary —and to help poke fun at all the conspiracy theories about the airport. (Although, according to USA Today, one traveler asked Greg how old he is and Greg claimed to be 243.)

DIA is how old?

Pardon me while I get sidetracked here for a minute.

24 years?

I grew up in Denver. I’d since moved away by the time the new airport was under construction, but my family and my husband’s family still lived there. Up until my mom died 10 years ago, we’d head back at least once a year if not more.

I can’t believe DIA is already 24! I still think of it as the “new” airport. Not so new anymore…

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I’ve never quite understood all the Illuminati conspiracy theories involving DIA, but I love how the airport is embracing them. Right there out in the open for everyone to see.

Check out these signs I spotted in the Great Hall where they’re doing some construction:

Where to Fing Greg the Talking Gargoyle

I thought the talking gargoyle was somewhere in the main terminal before passengers go through security. He had been there based on news reports I’d seen when he was first introduced. I could tell by the photos.

I tried to find out online, but other than “there’s a talking Gargoyle in DIA,” I couldn’t find anything about exactly where to find him.

We found ourselves in Denver in July for my husband’s grandma’s funeral. He knew I really wanted to find this talking gargoyle —which he was now curious about himself. So he stopped and asked at an information booth.

They told us we could find Greg the Gargoyle in the Baggage Claim East area across from carousel 8 and to the right of door 515.

Note: Greg moves. Not just in the animated sense, but apparently they move him around —”they” being airport staff. Allegedly. Or maybe it’s another conspiracy of some kind?

Can you see Greg during a layover?

Potentially. As long as you had enough time to take the train to the main terminal to get to the baggage claim area —and then back through security again. Which, Denver International is a busy hub. Sometimes the screening lines can get pretty long. Up to an hour wait times.

Although, if you have TSA PreCheck, you might zip through quicker and still have a chance to check out the talking gargoyle before catching your connecting flight.

What Does He Say?

I’d heard he was sassy so I was hoping for smart aleck remarks and jokes about the conspiracy theories, but we found it hard to get him to work.

Either that or he’d had a hard day and didn’t much feel like talking anymore. Or maybe he was camera shy. I don’t know. Maybe we needed to talk to him and ask questions instead of waving our hands in front of his podium.

Not sure. But all he said for us was, “Sir, sir, sir. Do you need help with your bags? Too bad. I’m stuck here!”

Here’s video of him in action –the little of it I was able to capture.

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Have you had a Greg the Gargoyle encounter? If so, tell me what he said to you!

If You Work Up an Appetite Talking with Greg the Gargoyle…

I suggest checking out one of Denver’s horror-themed restaurants or bars, which you’ll find here: https://www.hauntjaunts.net/these-12-states-and-d-c-have-horror-themed-restaurants-and-bars.