Carnival alert: do not dress up as Cookie Monster in Northern Germany.
In January, someone calling themselves Cookie Monster stole an iconic golden cookie from outside of the seat of the Bahlsen cookie company in Hanover, Germany.
German TV crews interviewed the TV characters, without success.
In letters to the company, Cookie Monster demanded several thousand packets of cookies for children's hospitals and charities in the Hanover area.
The company rejected the demand, saying they would not be blackmailed. But - they added - should the cookie be returned, they would consider a donation or two.
Just yesterday or the day before, the cookie was returned and the company will donate some 52 000 packets of product to local charities.
In the meantime, German police are searching for a perp dressed up as Cookie Monster.
So, parents in the North, do not, repeat DO NOT let your kids dress up as the monster. You might have to pick them up at your local police station.
The K-Landnews published a post earlier, "German Cookie Monsters Rise Up", about the public outcry facing Bahlsen when the company announced they would discontinue their line of Christmas cookies.
Since we were the only news outlet connecting Bahlsen and Cookie Monster before the theft, we hope the several hundred miles separating us from the golden cookie will re-assure the authorities that the K-Landnews had nothing to do with this.
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