'Lorax' statue goes missing from Seuss property
A bronze statue of the famous Dr. Seuss character the Lorax was stolen from the author鈥檚 estate in San Diego, Calif. earlier this week.
The statue, which is 3 feet high and weighs 300 pounds, was reported missing Monday morning. Two versions of the statue were made by the stepdaughter of Theodore Geisel (Seuss鈥檚 real name), and the other was previously donated to a museum.
鈥淲e're just hoping that the suspects return it,鈥� San Diego Police Lt. Andra Brown told . 鈥淭he Geisel family is just asking that it be returned and they don't want to pursue the matter any further. Which is not to say the police won't.鈥�
The author鈥檚 widow, Audrey Geisel, currently resides in the San Diego house. The manager of the property, Carl Romero, told that security cameras and motion detectors were set for installation on the property, one of which was going to monitor the Lorax statue.
"It鈥檚 peculiar that the Lorax was stolen right before the camera was installed,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not a coincidence. It鈥檚 very private up here."
Geisel's stepdaughter,Lark Grey Dimond-Cate, asked that the statue be returned.聽
"He鈥檚 not just a hunk of metal to us," Dimond-Cate told the Union-Tribune. "He was a family pet."
Molly Driscoll is a Monitor contributor.
