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player ready...America, you can breathe easy now. Our nation’s missing hot dog ordeal is over.
Two weeks ago, we reported the kidnapping of Harry the Frankfurter, a 6-foot-4-inch hot dog statue from a grocery store in Earlysville, Va. The 200-pound statue was chained to the front of All Good Groceries, but some despicable soul sawed through the chains and made off with Harry.
Store owner Josh Blanthorn told the Tribune he had replaced Harry with a 2 1/2-foot replica, nicknamed “Little Frank,” which held a sign pleading, “Have You Seen My Daddy?” The reward for finding his dad was $100 and 100 free hot dogs.
This week, Albemarle County police officers recovered Harry, buried in a wooded area near a mobile-home park. According to the Charlottesville Daily Progress, Harry was found with his hot dog arms broken off, and his shoelaces and bottles of ketchup and mustard missing. He was discovered after an anonymous tipster called police.
“We walked by it several times and didn’t notice it,” said Sgt. Tim Aylor, one of the officers who discovered the missing hot dog. Aylor also told the Tribune that a warrant has been issued for two suspects.
To celebrate Harry’s return, All Good Groceries gave away free hot dogs over the weekend.
Though it’ll cost about $800 for Harry’s rehabilitation, owner Blanthorn said he is nevertheless “ecstatic” about Harry’s return.
But not as excited — apparently — as Little Frank.
Said Blanthorn: “He’s so happy to be reunited with his daddy.”