北卡罗来纳州公司门前6英尺高的大脚雕像被偷

北卡罗来纳州公司门前6英尺高的大脚雕像被偷

Deputies in North Carolina are hunting for the brazen thief or thieves who snatched a 6-foot-tall, 180-pound fiberglass resin Sasquatch statue from a landscaping business nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

北卡罗来纳州的警员正在追捕一个厚颜无耻的小偷，他们从蓝脊山脉的一个景观美化企业手中抢走了一座6英尺高、180磅重的玻璃纤维树脂萨斯夸奇雕像。

Terry Brewer, who co-owns Mountaineer Landscaping in Linville, said the unorthodox town landmark was stolen sometime late Friday or early Saturday. The creature simply known as “Bigfoot” to Brewer and customers alike had stood watch outside the business for the past three to five years, she said.

林维尔登山家景观公司的共同所有人特里·布鲁尔说，这座非传统的城镇地标在星期五晚间或星期六清晨的某个时候被盗。她说，在过去的三到五年里，布鲁尔和顾客们都把这种动物简称为“大脚怪”。

“When they came in Saturday morning, it was gone,” Brewer told The Post. “I was in shock, I never thought about it being taken. It’s safe around here and we’ve never had any problems before.”

布鲁尔对邮报说：“当他们星期六早上来的时候，它就不见了。”“我当时很震惊，我从没想过会被偷走。这里很安全，我们以前从来没有遇到过任何问题。”

Brewer acknowledged that the statue — which looks eerily similar to the Bigfoot named Harry in the 1987 cult classic “Harry and the Hendersons” — is an attention-getter, but it remains a mystery to her as to why anyone would target the family-run business.

布鲁尔承认，这座雕像与1987年邪教经典影片《哈利与亨德森》中的大脚怪哈利长得惊人地相似，这座雕像很吸引人的注意力，但为什么会有人把矛头指向这家家族企业，对她来说仍然是个谜。

“I just think it was a prank and hopefully they’ll bring it back before they get in trouble,” Brewer said, suspecting that perhaps a sorority or fraternity at nearby Appalachian State University or East Tennessee State University is behind the heist. “I think he’s going to homecoming.”

布鲁尔说：“我只是觉得这是一个恶作剧，希望他们能在遇到麻烦之前把它带回来。”他怀疑附近阿巴拉契亚州立大学、或东田纳西州立大学的女生联谊会或兄弟会可能是这次抢劫的幕后黑手。“我想他要回家了。”

Brewer said she bought the specially made statue from a company for $3,000 several years ago and wondered how someone could be so bold as to swipe the Sasquatch from directly in front of her business.

布鲁尔说，她几年前以3000美元的价格从一家公司购买了这尊特别制作的雕像，她想知道怎么会有人如此大胆地从她的公司正前方偷走它。

“Why would anybody take our Bigfoot?” she wondered. “It would be so clumsy for them to get it and I don’t think anybody would need him other than us. He really brings in a lot of people for us, people stopping for selfies with him and they look forward to it.”

“为什么会有人拿走我们的大脚怪?“她想知道。“对他们来说，得到它是如此的笨拙，我认为除了我们，没有人会需要他。他真的为我们带来了很多人，人们一起停下来和他自拍，他们很期待。”

Brewer said she intends to let deputies from the Avery County Sheriff’s Office keep trying to track down the stolen Sasquatch through the weekend before she starts making arrangements to replace it. She’s already contacted her insurance company, she said.

布鲁尔说，她打算让艾弗里县警长办公室的代表们在周末继续追查被盗的大脚野人，然后再开始安排更换。她说，她已经联系了保险公司。

“If it was a sorority thing, maybe they’ll say we had fun and return him,” Brewer said. “Hopefully, they’ll bring it back before they get in trouble.”

布鲁尔说:“如果是女生联谊会的活动，也许他们会说我们玩得很开心，然后把他送回来。”“希望他们能在遇到麻烦之前把它带回来。”

Avery County Sheriff Kevin Frye said his deputies have gotten at least 100 calls regarding the “iconic” statue since posting about the theft on the department’s Facebook page Saturday.

艾弗里县治安官凯文弗莱说，自从星期六在警局的facebook网页上公布了盗窃案以来，他的副手们已经接到至少100个关于这座“标志性”雕像的电话。

“We are chasing down several leads at the moment,” Frye told The Post. “But so far, we’ve not been able to find the Sasquatch in any of the locations that we’ve checked out.”

弗莱在接受《华盛顿邮报》采访时表示:“我们目前正在寻找几条线索。”“但到目前为止，我们还没能在我们检查过的任何地点找到大脚野人。”