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The new town hall of Hanover, Germany, where the search is on for the stolen golden cookie. Image by AxelHH. This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

German city searching for stolen golden cookie

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
The new town hall of Hanover, Germany, where the search is on for the stolen golden cookie. Image by AxelHH. This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The new town hall of Hanover, Germany, where the search is on for the stolen golden cookie. Image by AxelHH. This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

BERLIN (AP) –Missing: one golden cookie, weighing around 44 pounds (20 kilograms).

Suspect: The Cookie Monster?

The rectangular gilded bronze sculpture was part of a statue gracing the facade of German cookie baker Bahlsen’s Hannover office.

How the century-old symbol was taken remains unclear, but police say witnesses reported having seen two men with a ladder in the area earlier this month.

The company has offered 1,000 euro ($1,350) for information leading to the cookie’s recovery.

A police statement said a local newspaper received a picture Tuesday showing someone in an outfit similar to Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster holding a golden cookie.

The sender wrote to demand cookies be delivered to children at a city hospital.

Police aren’t sure if it’s the same cookie, or a real claim of responsibility.

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AP-WF-01-29-13 1824GMT

ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF NOTE

The new town hall of Hanover, Germany, where the search is on for the stolen golden cookie. Image by AxelHH. This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The new town hall of Hanover, Germany, where the search is on for the stolen golden cookie. Image by AxelHH. This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.