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Thief takes car's rubber duckies
By Andy Steinke, Dells Events
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The Lake Delton Police Department has no suspects in a case involving the theft of rubber ducks from atop a woman's car.

Officer Michael Horkheimer was sent to the Kalahari Resort around 12:30 p.m. Saturday for a theft from vehicle complaint.

The Madison woman who owned the vehicle told Horkheimer that six rubber ducks had been stolen off her car.

Horkheimer asked the woman if the ducks were magnets or stickers, the report said. The woman responded they were neither, and said she would show Horkheimer what she was talking about.

The two walked to her vehicle, and according to Horkheimer's report, approximately 12 to 16 large rubber ducks were glued to the roof of the car and another 20 to 30 smaller ducks were glued to the hood.

The ducks on the roof were mounted with glue and had silver balls glued around them. The ones on the hood were glued to greenish-blue glass to appear as if the ducks were on land or water.

The woman said two of the larger ducks and four of the smaller ducks were stolen sometime between 7 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday.

One of the ducks, she reported, was an antique valued at about $20. The value of the other five ducks was approximately $26.

Horkheimer reported no damage was done to the vehicle when the ducks were taken.

Security cameras that cover the portion of the parking lot where the woman was parked were not functioning at the time of the theft.