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WEST DENNIS, Mass. - A local celebrity of sorts on Cape Cod has disappeared: a 7-foot-high fiberglass statue known as "Fat Boy."
Sometime after 2 a.m. Friday, someone stole the chef mascot from its resting spot at Spaghetti Eddies in West Dennis, leaving behind his Fiberglas size 10 shoes, a sign and some sunglasses.
"It looks like they tackled it off," chef Robert Swanson told the Cape Cod Times. "They had to run at it to bust it off."
The Swanson searched the restaurant trash, the woods, and a nearby pool for the $1,500 statue. He also called police, though he's not optimistic that Fat Boy will be a priority.
Still, just before 5 p.m. Friday, a dispatcher sent out word over the police radio to keep a lookout for the 7-foot statue, saying, "Subject is white with a green apron."
Police have plenty of experience finding stolen statues.
A few years ago, police tracked down a 6-foot banana stolen from a fruit stand. And two years ago, police in Dennis and Yarmouth solved twin pranks in which a deer ornament from one lawn was switched with a Dalmatian from another.
People have tried to steal a statue of a growling bear from outside the ZooQuarium in West Yarmouth, but all efforts have failed. One group armed with chains and a pickup truck even lost a fender trying, ZooQuarium owner Dennis Markham said. That's because the bear, named Martin, is concrete and his base stretches 4 feet underground.
Police Capt. William Monahan said he thinks it may only be a matter of time before Fat Boy reappears.
"It's sorta hard to hide a 7-foot footless chef from view," Monahan said.
He's even got an idea of how it might happen.
"Some time an officer will respond to a noise complaint at some residence and Fat Boy will be sitting in the living room," Monahan said.
Sometime after 2 a.m. Friday, someone stole the chef mascot from its resting spot at Spaghetti Eddies in West Dennis, leaving behind his Fiberglas size 10 shoes, a sign and some sunglasses.
"It looks like they tackled it off," chef Robert Swanson told the Cape Cod Times. "They had to run at it to bust it off."
The Swanson searched the restaurant trash, the woods, and a nearby pool for the $1,500 statue. He also called police, though he's not optimistic that Fat Boy will be a priority.
Still, just before 5 p.m. Friday, a dispatcher sent out word over the police radio to keep a lookout for the 7-foot statue, saying, "Subject is white with a green apron."
Police have plenty of experience finding stolen statues.
A few years ago, police tracked down a 6-foot banana stolen from a fruit stand. And two years ago, police in Dennis and Yarmouth solved twin pranks in which a deer ornament from one lawn was switched with a Dalmatian from another.
People have tried to steal a statue of a growling bear from outside the ZooQuarium in West Yarmouth, but all efforts have failed. One group armed with chains and a pickup truck even lost a fender trying, ZooQuarium owner Dennis Markham said. That's because the bear, named Martin, is concrete and his base stretches 4 feet underground.
Police Capt. William Monahan said he thinks it may only be a matter of time before Fat Boy reappears.
"It's sorta hard to hide a 7-foot footless chef from view," Monahan said.
He's even got an idea of how it might happen.
"Some time an officer will respond to a noise complaint at some residence and Fat Boy will be sitting in the living room," Monahan said.
