Food sculpture's origins a mystery

LOOMIS, Calif., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A California family says sheriff's deputies picked up the 4-foot-tall fiberglass food sculpture that mysteriously appeared in their yard.

Trisha Pickerel of Loomis said Placer County deputies hauled away the fiberglass sculpture of a hamburger, hot dog and slice of pizza Monday morning, one day after it appeared in the middle of her family's lawn in the early morning, KXTV, Sacramento, Calif., reported Tuesday.

"It was pretty fun. The neighborhood kids kept coming over and playing on it," Pickerel said of the sculpture's brief time in her yard.

Pickerel said her family believes the sculpture was probably stolen from a local restaurant or bar, but the Placer County Sheriff's Department said no giant food statues have been reported stolen in recent days.

"The sheriff's department said if nobody claims it in 90 days, we can have it," Pickerel said.