Posted on 12/12/2009 6:40:48 PM PST by JoeProBono
SEATTLE - Police say an 18-foot-tall totem pole stolen from a West Seattle park has been found about 200 miles away in Oregon.
The Seattle Times reports a 69-year-old West Seattle man led investigators to the pole. Police say he apparently had a crew with a crane help move the totem, but it's unclear if the crew knew the man didn't have permission to take the landmark.
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This image provided by the Seattle Police Department shows the stolen West Seattle totem pole after being recovered Thursday Dec. 10, 2009. Police say the 18-foot-tall totem pole stolen from a West Seattle park was found about 200 miles away in Oregon. The totem pole was noticed missing last week. The Rotary Club of West Seattle donated the pole to the city in 1976 and estimates it would have cost about $75,000 to replace. (AP Photo/Seattle Police Department)
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Was it a real totem pole or was it a Sears totem pole?
There’s something you don’t see every day Washington ping...
$75 grand to replace that telephone pole wanna be totem pole?
Riiiight.
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