Stolen Brentwood gasoline station dinosaur returned with apology notice – NBC Los Angeles
A 50-pound fiberglass dinosaur named Claire that was stolen from a Brentwood gasoline station has been returned with an apologetic notice.
The San Vicente Boulevard Sinclair station’s 4-foot-tall pre-historic mascot was stolen by somebody final week. Video confirmed the particular person utilizing energy instruments to take away Claire, loading her into the mattress of a pickup that pulled up alongside the gas pumps and driving away.
A clerk on the station informed NBCLA she arrived at work early Monday to see Claire had been returned. An hooked up notice learn, “I am sorry for stealing. Please do not cost me!”
The dinosaur wrapped in cloth was probably returned someday after midnight when the enterprise is closed. In safety digital camera video recorded Monday morning, what seems to be the identical white pickup pulled as much as the station earlier than somebody unloaded the wrapped dinosaur.
NBCLA reached out to the Los Angeles Police Division for extra particulars. No arrests have been reported early Monday.
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NBCLA Claire the Brentwood Sinclair dinosaur was returned to the enterprise with a notice after she was stolen.
The dinosaur’s disappearance captured the eye of residents, together with actor Jamie Lee Curtis, who posted video of the crime.
In an Instagram put up, Curtis stated, “REALLY! Hey, you together with your fancy truck, actually? You want to steal the dinosaur from in entrance of the Sinclair gasoline station? Actually? Not cool dude. Not cool!”
A few of Claire’s followers introduced flowers and different objects to the gasoline station.
Dinosaurs turned a part of Sinclair’s promoting within the Nineteen Thirties. The primary promotions featured totally different dinosaurs, however the Apatosaurus ultimately turned the corporate’s most acknowledged pre-historic mascot.
