Police in Tyler, Texas fear that the trail has gone cold on the missing Frosty the Snowman. The 42-foot inflatable figure was stolen from the Dixon Farms Christmas tree sales lot where it has been a fixture for some 24 years.
Tyler police are still looking for suspects in the Saturday morning kidnapping of "Frosty" the snowman.
The 42-foot tall, 250-pound cold-air balloon went missing from the Dixon Farms Christmas tree lot on South Loop 323.
In his 24-year career of bobbing and waving at customers driving along the Loop, Frosty was plotted against, stabbed and vandalized, but never stolen.
"To me it's like hearing someone from Tyler was kidnapped," Cheryl Tonjes said while picking out a Christmas tree with her family.
"I know it sounds crazy, but he's one of the things you look for. I'm mortified that anyone in Tyler, Texas would do that because it's a tradition," she said.
"It's like someone stealing the Statue of Liberty," her husband, Steve Tonjes, added.
Workers arriving to the lot early Saturday morning discovered the snowman's pen empty and contacted authorities.
Nearly four days later, the drag marks from where Frosty's body was pulled over a fence and off the property are still visible.
The owner of the Christmas tree lot, Royce Wisenbaker, has offered a $1,000 reward, but doesn't think it looks good for Frosty's return. Who knew there was a market for hot snowmen?
Talk about a snow job!
Has anyone doen a flyby at the North Pole?