STOLEN - Bertie Bat

[Amy]

Conspiracy theory pundits will have it that the cave management, the local press, and a caving club arranged the whole thing for a bit of publicity. It makes a change from rescuing animals from inside dinosaurs. 

<3

 

[estelle]

Seriously? Local news picked up the story? LOL that amuses me greatly!

local news also picked up on the theft earlier on as well - it is a bit dead for stories around these parts sometimes...

 

[Roger W]

Are we sure that it really is Bertie, and not a quality-control-failed near-identical lookalike made in China?

 

[rhychydwr1]

Just noticed one for sell on fleabay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270721586430&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:GB:1123

 

[Aubrey]

Just noticed one for sell on fleabay:

So you have "Just Noticed" the one you are selling ???????

 

[Bob Smith]

Thanks aubrey for getting there before me. Is this some kind of joke as I'm sure you couldn't get one through a photocopier.

 

[j4nny]

....a cunning ploy to get people to 'view other items' perhaps?

 

[Amy]

Thanks aubrey for getting there before me. Is this some kind of joke as I'm sure you couldn't get one through a photocopier.

Well what would be cool is to get a rendering of it and make little mini versions on a 3D printer...I have a friend who has a 3D printer...You could sell mini Berties!

 

[rhychydwr1]

....a cunning ploy to get people to 'view other items' perhaps?

I do not have any other items.  Even the Bat has been sold.

 

[maxb727]

Having a chuckle watching the old videos and rereading this thread tonight when I introduced a friend to the bat kidnap of 2010 [emoji1787]


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[cap n chris]

Did anyone ever find out wtf did this as it most certainly and emphatically was nothing whatsoever to do with me and I'm still royally p*ssed off that I was framed over it.

 

[mrodoc]

The bat is well and has been refurbished.

 

[Pegasus]

Photo?

 

[mikem]

Pic: https://goo.gl/maps/nQSDFYRZsXhCopru6

 

[Alex]

Wow he is a lot bigger than I thought he would be.

 

[droid]

They don't do things by halves Alex.....

 

[Aubrey]

Shouldn't he be hibernating somewhere warm and hidden for the winter? 

 

[mrodoc]

He is a Mendip bat, tougher than most. The Belfry guard bat indeed.

 

[mikem]

Wow he is a lot bigger than I thought he would be.

Apparently on a previous occasion he wouldn't fit in the van, so made his way to Eastwater Lane instead...