400 pound elephant, gone?

That's going to be difficult to pawn. Who would steal such a thing? Teenagers, without a doubt. I remember going to a party back in '03, we were playing beer pong on a highway sign advertising a liquor store, the kids who brought it to the party said they 'accidently' hit it with their car while drunk driving. That was a wild party.

400-pound elephant sculpture stolen from Natick business

NATICK, Mass. Police in Natick are investigating a theft that must have required some heavy lifting. A 400-pound elephant sculpture was reported stolen from a local business this week.

The elephant's owners, Dennis and Myrna Starr, say they noticed the handcarved, granite sculpture was missing when they returned home from Cape Cod. It had been on display at Natick Memorial Works on Pond Street. The couple says a 250-pound Japanese-style lantern pagoda was also was stolen.

Dennis Starr told the MetroWest Daily News he's offering a reward for the elephant's return. And he says it won't be peanuts. Starr said the elephant is worth about 25-hundred dollars. His wife says it originally took three men with a dolly to move the granite pachyderm.

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