Pictures of the Mouse of the Month, September 2005
Königstuhl, Heidelberg: Our correspondents in
Heidelberg report that Heinrich zum Stein was released by his
hijackers last week. Early August, a picture of Mr. zum Stein,
accompanied by a ransom demand, was published on
ebay. After long and
intense negotiations, an undisclosed amount of money was
transferred to the ebay seller, probably a straw man of the real
hijackers. Fourty-eight hours later, the box in which Mr. zum
Stein was held captive was delivered to the Institute for
Life, the Universe, and Everything.
A note found with him indicates that either the cat mafia or
an organisation known as "Al Catia" was responsible for this
atrocity. A squokesperson for Amousty International commented
that this kind of trafficking in mice is very common on ebay,
not just in Germany, but even in the US.
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