It was a dastardly crime in a fallen world: Someone had stolen the head of Stomper Bear, the mascot for the Lake Erie Crushers Frontier League baseball team. But after several weeks and an impassioned plea for the head’s return, Stomper is now whole again — the giant furry noggin turned up in front of the stadium this morning.
Stomper’s head was discovered by team employees Thursday at All Pro Freight Stadium, the team announced Thursday afternoon. A team representative posted on the Crushers Facebook page that the head appeared to have been left while no one was at the stadium.
The head reportedly went missing in August. The Crushers didn’t publicly acknowledge the disappearance until this week, instead telling fans in the final weeks of the season that Stomper had gone on a tour of Frontier League stadiums.
Think about that. Believing perhaps that the general public would be thrown into a panic, the Crushers invented an elaborate cover story to explain their mascot’s absence. Kids, especially, must not know — they’d cease to believe in everything! Meanwhile, the head was so precious to the Crushers, the team offered a “no questions asked” amnesty to whomever took it. Apparently, it worked.
Not all that’s left are the photos of Stomper in various, exotic locales, to arrive.
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Stolen head of Lake Erie Crushers’ mascot Stomper Bear returned [NewsNet5]
