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Article: NEIGHBORS CONCERNED OVER STOLEN STATUES ONE OF THE HYSINGERS' 75-LB. RACCOONS WAS RECOVERED FROM THE WOODS NEARBY, BUT THE OTHER IS STILL GONE.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 2, 1996
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Byline: TOM HOLDEN, STAFF WRITER
Anybody who regularly travels London Bridge Road has seen Betty Hysinger's raccoons. The stone monuments frame the driveway to her Log Cabin Farm where she and her husband, Jimmy, have retired to an easy life of low stress.
Betty Hysinger took particular care of her animal adornments and dressed them up for each holiday - red, white and blue scarves for the Fourth of July and red caps for Christmas.
All that ended when someone recently stole the 75-pound stone creatures. Only one has since been recovered. That might have ended the tale were it not for a surprising show of community interest in the matter.
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