As originally posted by Neobunny Lapine on Fb
Giraffe update: Zarafa recieved a text around 5 pm tonight, but he was stuck up in Santa Rosa at work until late, so called me.
One homeless lady we had handed the flier to last night had shownher friend the flier. Her friend had found the fursuit in an ally on sunday, and hung on to it.
They called us, and we arranged a meetup in a very public well lit space (inside DNA pizza). I got there early, so let the manager know i was meeting some unkown people with reward money, just in case anything went down.
20 minutes late, they showed up, and legit! There was the purple giraffe in a black trash bag, wet and a little musty, missing a hand and foot paw, but there (no case either). Gave them the reward the flier promised, plus 2 sleeping bags i had in my basement i hadn’t used in forever, and bought them a large pizza. Talked for about 25 minutes while the pizza baked, listened to their stories of the streets, and gave them a bunch of hugs before we parted waysz
While who knows who broke into the car, not all people living on the streets are bad. If not for these two, the fursuit would not have been recovered. Most likely it was ditched after the real theif saw it wasn’t electronic gear he could quickly sell.
The fursuit is in my bathroom now, its a little wet, so key to dry it so it doesn’t mold, before Zarafe can make it down hers after work, and the fursuit can undergo a proper cleaning and look over to see if any repairs are needed.
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