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07-03-2004, 09:32 AM
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The Case of the Pignapped Porkers
I think this is a hoot. If they were my pigs, I would have played along with the joke.
Some people just have no sense of whimsy. Couple's concrete pigs stolen; thieves demanding ransom Did ''the big bad wolf'' kidnap Mary and Bobby Romines' swine? That's what police here are investigating. On Tuesday, the Romineses received a ransom letter that was signed ''the big bad wolf.'' ''They think they have me buffaloed, but now I'm mad,'' Mary Romines said of the ''pignappers.'' ''They may think it's funny, but they're going to be charged with theft.'' Police Chief John Tisdale said once his department catches the kidnapper, the responsible person will be charged. Two concrete porkers, each about 1 foot tall, were taken from the Romineses' yard sometime between June 26 and the early morning hours of June 27, according to police records. The first ransom note demanded two ears of corn and one ripe mango, said police spokeswoman Kate Novitsky. Mary Romines found the ransom note tacked to the front gate of their home in A and L Trailer Park. Her husband, Bobby Romines, called police. The note requested that Mary Romines deliver the ransom at the front gate of the mobile home park. Mary Romines just wants the pigs returned unharmed, she said. The pig statues were taken from her front yard, around a birdbath and beneath an arch surrounded by other cement swine brethren and chickens. The chickens were moved but not stolen. ''The other pigs were dusted with negative results,'' said a Gallatin police report. ''The (ransom) letter will be sent to T.B.I. for processing for (fingerprint) lifts,'' the report states. One pig is presumably male, sporting blue overalls, while the other is presumably female, decked out in a pink dress. The pigs are valued at $10 each. On Monday, the Romineses received a cooked pork chop with a note that said, ''cooked the pig.'' Tuesday night, the ''pignappers'' left the Romineses another letter, this time attached to a bag of pork rinds asking if she was scared. The letter demanded a potato, and the note was signed from ''the big bad wolf.'' ''Pigs can be replaced,'' said Mary Romines. ''It's the letters that are unnerving.'' |
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07-03-2004, 03:50 PM
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Awsome joke, it is too bad they can't just have a laugh. Obviously the people have a sense of humor and are just playing a prank on them.
Some people I know from school once took a 7 foot tall painted cutout of a comical grizzly bear wearing slacks. They took it out and partied the night away with photos of it at the bar with them, it at the gasstation filling the car, in the drivers seat, next to a police car.. ect. They then waited a week and took it back with the photos in an envelope taped to his hand. They have no idea what the reaction was like but it gave us all a good laugh. |
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07-03-2004, 04:25 PM
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I had a similar "kidnapping" experience several years ago. I kept a pink plastic flamingo in my office. My staff, after I notified them that I had been promoted and would be transferring, kidnapped my flamingo. Over a week's time, I received a series of ransom notes, quite expertly done with cut out letters from magazines. Two of the notes were accompanied by the detachable metal legs. Several members of the staff put up "Missing Flamingo" posters around the building. The final note instructed me to leave a large assortment of candy in a filing cabinet. The next morning, the flamingo was in my trash can, blindfolded!
I still get a good chuckle when I recall this stunt; they were a fun group of people. |
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