Police Hunt Ronald McDonald Abductors
Submitted By: Anonymous
Article Date: 04/14/2000
URL: http://www.goofball.com/news/20000414_ronald
Police in ex-Soviet Georgia are hunting for thieves who stole a six-foot-tall Ronald McDonald statue from the country's only McDonald's restaurant, store managers said.
The smiling red-haired mannequin, the fast food giant's worldwide signature mascot, disappeared from his place in front of the store.
Store officials could not explain how Ronald was carted away from his place on a bench intended for clients who wished to be photographed with him.
Ronald is usually chained to the bench after the restaurant closes in the evening and locals speculated that the thieves used metal-cutting equipment to carry out the act.