LOL...
Sounds like some innovative kids! Hope they get away with it!
“Cow was found in the middle of the highway”... Bwahaha!!
Henny Youngman please stop haunting me.
But at least I know what happened to her.
-all right, where have ya’ll been? LOL
I never expected that to happen.
| The billboard cow on the left was stolen April 9 from along Interstate 464 in Chesapeake. ADAMS OUTDOOR ADVERTISING |
By CINDY CLAYTON, The Virginian-Pilot CHESAPEAKE - The cow was last seen on Interstate 464, partially clad in polka-dot pajamas.
Black and white, 150 pounds. Harmless, except to chickens.
And, oh, anyone who saw part of the cow's pajamas being strung up the flagpole of the Chick-fil-A at North Battlefield Boulevard should call police at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
The bovine, a Fiberglas Chick-fil-A statue missing since April 10, was attached to a billboard alongside the interstate near Barnes Road and Rosemont Avenue, said Christi Golden, Chesapeake police spokeswoman. On April 9, state police got a call about the cow being in the middle of the interstate. When troopers arrived, they found it standing in a grassy median, Golden said.
The troopers decided to tip the cow over so motorists wouldn't be distracted by it until a Virginia Department of Transportation crew could get there to remove it.
When VDOT workers went back the next day to retrieve it, the cow was gone.
Meanwhile, at the Chick-fil-A at North Battlefield Boulevard, the owner noticed his company flag had been replaced by part of a pajama set.
"At the time, we didn't put the two together because we didn't even know the cow had been stolen yet," said Amanda Braun, area marketing director for the company.
A stolen property report was made on April 12, Golden said.
It's the second time in less than two years that the cow has been rustled from the billboard, Braun said.
Although many involved were giggling Friday about efforts to find the cow, the theft is serious. It's considered a felony because the statue is worth more than $3,000. Getting a new cow shipped to take its place would cost about $2,500.
Whoever took the statue from the tall billboard would have had a tough time, Braun said. The billboard company, Adams Outdoor Advertising, usually lifts the cows into place with a crane.
"It's dangerous," Braun said. "Somebody could get hurt doing this."
So stop giggling and be on the lookout. It's not funny. Really.
• Reach Cindy Clayton at (757) 222-5201 or cindy.clayton@pilotonline.com.