| sticky-fingered ne'er-do-well | воришка (Authorities in Germany are investigating a strange case wherein a sticky-fingered ne'er-do-well stole 80 goldfish from a man's backyard pond and then mysteriously returned the pilfered creatures a few days later. (coasttocoastam.com) • A nearly 25-year-old mystery surrounding a golden weathervane stolen from a French town has been resolved after the pilfered piece was returned by the remorseful thief behind the misguided caper. The weird case reportedly began back in April of 1999 when a sticky-fingered ne'er-do-well made off with the metallic depiction of a cockerel that had sat atop a cross in the small community of Bessan. (coasttocoastam.com) • A Sasquatch statue stolen from a front yard in Tennessee is back home where it belongs thanks to a dedicated individual who located and recovered the pilfered piece by way of a rather daring rescue. In late February, some sticky-fingered ne'er-do-wells made off with the 250-pound faux Bigfoot that had sat outside Jennifer Jordan's Memphis residence for the last seven years. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
