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Fingers point to cat in Beanie Baby mystery
Stuffed animals keep ending up in yards; source still uncertain

Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, December 15, 2006

For weeks, Piedmont police were stumped by the Beanie Baby bandit. The popular stuffed animals were mysteriously showing up overnight on porches and in the yards of two homes on Rose Avenue. One of the families feared a stalker.

Now, police in the tranquil East Bay city think they may have identified a suspect: Gertie, one of the family's cats, which was caught on a surveillance camera carrying the plush toys in its mouth.

A felonious feline? Maybe not. Two-legged creatures might still be involved, police said.

"The cat was caught on tape, but we don't know if it was moving the Beanie Babies from the location where somebody put them," police Capt. John Hunt said Thursday.

Michael Clancy, 55, who owns 7-year-old Gertie, said Thursday that he still wants to know where his cat got the Beanie Babies. "They're not going into Toys R Us, and they're not ordering them off the Internet," Clancy said.

HAHAHAHAoh that cat has him so snowed. Cats took over the Internet years ago. I mean, please.