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| source: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung |
From Denny: Cookie Monster is in trouble - again! His alleged cookie addiction could cost him some time behind bars if he doesn't get a lenient judge who can sympathize with his plight. Of course, an extortion letter to a German newspaper may not prove to be helpful. German police are investigating.
You see, Cookie Monster has now made Bahlsen, a popular German cookie maker in Hanover, Germany, world famous with his alleged theft of their trademark iconic giant golden cookie sign, a gilded bronze sculpture. It's been reported in America and
across The Pond in the UK and Europe.
Cookie Monster allegedly claimed responsibility for the sneaky theft. His demand letter? CM allegedly wants Bahlsen to deliver free cookies to children's hospitals. If they agree to do this good deed, CM is willing to return their giant golden cookie sign unharmed. That sounds reasonable.
The ransom letter to Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ) newspaper translated into English: "I have the cookie! And you want it." The letter was a clever compilation of letters from magazine and newspaper cuttings. OK, it was a standard issue extortion letter. Cookie Monster was in a hurry and was running to meet the mail carrier before he missed the mail pick-up for the day.
CM is allegedly quite specific as to the variety of cookies to be delivered to the children's hospitals. He wants Bahlsen's Leibniz biscuits, preferably the whole milk variety.
Of course, the German authorities are trying to run down this cookie theft and whether it really was Cookie Monster. You see, CM is claiming on Twitter he is not the true culprit. Gasp! Maybe CM was photo shopped? Can it be true he is the victim of a vicious cookie scam?
The next day another letter was received at Bahlsen with the same demands. Their legal department did not know if the letter was genuine. The understandably anonymous spokeswoman commented, "If I could answer that question, I'd be smarter than the police [who are investigating authenticity]. The whole things is not a marketing campaign, our company, no way."
Police say witnesses saw two men with a ladder in the vicinity of the cookie sign earlier this month. Could they have been hired by CM? So far, CM isn't saying nor have the police found the alleged sign thieves. Bahlsen is offering 1,000 Euros for information leading to the recovery of their iconic cookie sign. The reward will be donated to
the animal shelter Krähenwinkel in Langenhagen.
By the way, the cookie company has also pledged to give 52,000 packs of Leibniz biscuits to 52 social institutions - if the cookie sign is returned unharmed.
Check back with this blog often. We will keep you apprised of this fluid situation as it develops.
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