Someone done stole Brer Rabbit, please bring him back to the Briarpatch!

Hi Tammy - Thaty's awful. I hope they find him. I grew up with Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox and the Tarbaby, but hadn't thought about them for years, and had no idea there was a musuem. I wish the occasion of remembering them had been a happier one.

Tammy, I am also sad to hear this.    I travel through Eatonton a couple of times per year on our way to North Carolina, just to see Brer Rabbit and his friends.

   What about the Statues on the Courthouse Lawn?  Are they still in place?

   Who would take Brer Rabbit?  Some high school pranksters?  Perhaps Metal Thieves?

     Bring back Brer Rabbit, please.

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   IMHO:   Uncle Remus is more than a "Southern Tradition".

      The morals, wisdom, and sage advice of Uncle Remus are on a par with Aesop or Chaucer.  

      The hymns of salvation that he sang are truly uplifiting and inspiring.

           Thank you, Joel Chandler Harris, for collecting these wonderful stories and songs.

Honestly, how can people who do stuff like this sleep at night?

There are some sick bas--rds in this world.  Hendersonville, NC has a contest with artists decorating these huge bears and then they are displayed on Main St. Proceeds benefit charities.  Two bears were stolen by college punks for a prank.  Value is over $1600 per bear putting that little escapade into the felony category...who got punked now???

I hope the Lake Sinclair punks get caught and put in the stockades for everyone to throw stinking, steaming, rotten tomatoes at...and then I hope it's put on the front page, and then I hope you post a blog about it that we can all reblog and then I hope they have to repaint crosswalks during a Georgia summer afternoon and all they get to drink is Yankee tea without sugar.

Think that would be enough of a prayer meeting for them?

Tammy, on my next trip to North Carolina, I promise to stop by and have coffee.  I would enjoy meeting you!

     * Some trips to NC, we get off I-75 at Macon and take 129 through downtown Eatonton and on to Athens.   Other trips we get off I-75 at Forsyth, and take 83 through Monticello to Madison to Athens.   We used to go through Atlanta, but the traffic there is just too much.

Vandalism and theft like this Tammy is so pointless. I feel that pain you have and hope some justice happens with this story in the long run.

Tammy I sure hope he finds his way back to where he belongs.  I wonder if this is a bunch of teenagers?

I hate to think what you would do to the perpetrator of this crime if you catch him or her.  I hope he returns!

Hi Tammy, that is just wrong. I hope they find him. Sad that some people can have so little disregard for other's property.

I saw that on ajc.com today.  It had to be heavy to move.

Hopefully it's just some kids out for mischief.  My gut tells me it will mysteriously be returned.  What on earth can you do with it? 

Sorry to hear of the theft. I hope it is resolved or solved in the very near future.

Cal

Tammy - one of my favorite songs starts with the line "When I was a kid Uncle Remus would put me to bed".  I hope the statue is returned.  I just read a story last week about a tea cup that was stolen from a museum in Missoula, MT.  The thief traded it to two street musicians for all they had in their guitar case, they thought the cup was "jinxed" so they threw it in the bushes.  Two nights later they are playing at a party and see one identical to it and comment to it's owner, who immediately has them go get the cup they threw in the bushes and return it to its rightful owner.  I hope your statue also finds its way back home.