Missing ‘Dennis the Menace’ statue found in lake

[Randy]

Monterey's missing 'Dennis the Menace' statue found in lake

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Dennis the Menace has been found. A statue of the comic strip character that was stolen from a park in Monterey, California, last summer was found submerged in a nearby lake.

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Dennis the Menace has been found.

A statue of the comic strip character that was stolen from a park in Monterey, California, last summer was found submerged in a nearby lake.

“Today is a happy day!” Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto said Wednesday at a press conference where the statue was wheeled in on a handcart.

The sheriff’s dive team found the 3-foot-tall (1 meter) statue in Roberts Lake after Monterey city police received an anonymous tip about its location.

Dennis the Menace has a big but oddly troubled local connection. His creator, Hank Ketcham, was a longtime resident of Monterey County and died there in 2001.

The park’s original statue was stolen in 2006 and hasn’t been found. Its replacement was stolen in August 2022 by someone who cut through its foot to remove it.

In the years between the two thefts a Dennis the Menace statue was found in a Florida scrap yard and was sent to Monterey, where officials determined it was not the right one, KSBW reported. It had actually been taken from a Florida children’s hospital.

The hospital allowed Monterey to keep that statue, which is now in front of a city parks building.

Nieto said it’s believed the statue found in the lake is the most recently stolen Dennis the Menace because its foot is damaged.

“We’re giving you back Dennis,” Nieto told Monterey Assistant Chief Mike Bruno. “Don’t let him get stolen again.”

Thoughts?

 

[Webster]

Thoughts?

*points at @Nebulous* He did it!

 

[Nebulous]

I've been to that park, but I never stole anything

Glad they found it!

 

[Gizmo]

Guess someone was living up to the name "Menace".
Either @PGen98 @Nebulous or @Webster

 

[Nebulous]

I wonder who has the original statue that was stolen back in 2006?

 

[Gizmo]

I wonder who has the original statue that was stolen back in 2006?

Seems very suspicious that you are asking this. It's in your house!

 

[Nebulous]

Seems very suspicious that you are asking this. It's in your house!

I'm innocent! Theres nothing here

 

[Webster]

I wonder who has the original statue that was stolen back in 2006?

*points to @Nebulous* He took it!

 

[Nebulous]

Why would I even want that?

 

[Webster]

Why would I even want that?

I don't blame; I had to blame someone...

 

[Nebulous]

Those pointing the fingers are the ones who did it. @Maul and @Webster did it!

 

[Webster]

I've been to that park, but I never stole anything

Glad they found it!

Guess someone was living up to the name "Menace".
Either @PGen98 @Nebulous or @Webster

See, I told you he did it!

 

[Webster]

Those pointing the fingers are the ones who did it. @Maul and @Webster did it!

*drags Maul over* Blame him.

 

[Nebulous]

*drags Maul over* Blame him.

I will

 

[Gizmo]

Those pointing the fingers are the ones who did it. @Maul and @Webster did it!

Of course I did it all the way from New Zealand.

 

[PGen98]

He doesn't even look like Dennis the Menace, why would I want that?

 

[Nebulous]

Of course I did it all the way from New Zealand.

You're only a short plane ride away.

He doesn't even look like Dennis the Menace, why would I want that?

He looks like Dennis the Menace from the comic strips.

dennis the menace comic strip - Google Search

www.google.com

 

[Gizmo]

He doesn't even look like Dennis the Menace

You're right he doesn't look like @Nebulous and @Webster

 

[PGen98]

You're only a short plane ride away.


He looks like Dennis the Menace from the comic strips.

dennis the menace comic strip - Google Search

www.google.com

Doesn't look like Dennis to me!

https://www.indy100.com/media-library/beano-stamps.jpg?id=28064361&width=1245&height=700&quality=85&coordinates=0%2C67%2C0%2C67

 

[Nebulous]

Doesn't look like Dennis to me!

https://www.indy100.com/media-library/beano-stamps.jpg?id=28064361&width=1245&height=700&quality=85&coordinates=0%2C67%2C0%2C67

Who is that?