Texan couple want their elephant back

There's an elephant missing in Garland, Texas. The Darnell family doesn't think "Bon Bon Babar," as the family calls him, walked off by himself, as he's just a 400-pound bronze statue. "It was hard to wrap my head around that someone would take him; he was so big," said Beverly Darnell.



The Darnells' statue sat in the front yard of their Garland home, chained to the porch. Now the family is offering a $500 reward to anyone who can help them solve their pachyderm problem. The Darnells are trying to make light of the situation even though the statue was a present Beverly gave to her husband for their home after Gene Darnell said he had admired a similar statue for a long time.

"Gene doesn't get excited about a lot of things, and he doesn't ask for much and I wanted to get this for him," Beverly said. "Bon Bon Babar" went missing last Friday and the Darnells said whoever took him was bold enough to do it in broad daylight while Beverly was home.



"You save and save for something and you do the things you're supposed to," she said. "And somebody can just come and take it all away from you." "I'm not looking to revenge or retaliation or anything like that," said Gene Darnell. "We want to get the elephant back."

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