Market Basket Doughboy
I first heard this new story on Friday afternoon on one channel. Intrigued and thoroughly appreciative of the kidnappers good sense of humor and fun, I set out to locate the news story and video. This comes courtesy of Boston's Channel 2 News and I think everyone will get a good chuckle out of it! LOL

The four-foot tall, Styrofoam Pillsbury Doughboy has been apart of the New Hampshire store for 20 years.

Doughboy Found!
Kidnappers Take Doughboy On Wild Ride

(CBS4) PLAISTOW, NH According to the manager of the Market Basket in Plaistow, New Hampshire, their doughboy mascot has returned home � just in time for the store�s final day.

The four-foot tall, Styrofoam Pillsbury Doughboy, which has been apart of the New Hampshire store for 20 years, was found fishing off a pier in Haverhill by a department of public works employee.

The beloved statue went missing last month. The captors claim to be loyal customers of the Market Basket trying to stop the store in Stateline Plaza from shutting down.

It is still unclear how statue was snatched, but it is very clear he has been on quite an adventure. The captors have been chronicling his plight in a series of photos and notes detailing the doughboy�s daily doings.

In the first note, mailed from Manchester, the captors wrote: �If you close the store, the Pillsbury Doughboy will be baked.� The accompanying picture showed the mascot wearing a blindfold.

The photos arrived every couple of days. The Doughboy started looking for a new job, first at Dairy Queen, then Winnekenni Castle in Haverhill, at a local fire station, and even Skip�s Hamburgers. Unable to find new employment, the Doughboy hit a low point; he started drinking and taking in shows at a local strip club.

A more recent photo showed the Doughboy at Hampton Beach and Canobie Lake Park. The notes have all been mailed from different places, typed in different font sizes, style, and colors.

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