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Police from Kent, England are in search of a giant bronze hippopotamus. Yes, that's right.
<p>The animal statue's home is on a lawn at a garden ornament business near Tunbridge Wells.</p><p>It weighs nearly three quarters of a ton, or around 1500 pounds.</p><p><strong>The Kent Police's rural area Twitter account posted about the missing hippo.</strong></p>
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<p>As their post says, the hippo measures in at about two meters long which is the equivalent of around six and a half feet. </p><p>The hippo has been missing since Friday.</p><p><strong>People can not figure out what could have happened to the bronze hippopotamus.</strong></p>
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</p><div id="acae6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="UX26IF1547341523"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1083821603564253189" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Can’t have got far, surely? https://t.co/4f77MUQMzW</div> — Naomi Martin #peoplesvote 🇪🇺 #FBPE (@Naomi Martin #peoplesvote 🇪🇺 #FBPE)<a href="https://twitter.com/GNaomiMartin/statuses/1083821603564253189">1547238181.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="87367" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="XNAS5Z1547341523"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1083927927132168192" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@kentpolicerural I would think that someone CERTAINLY saw the machinery used to move such a heavy object. Wow!</div> — 🎀🕊Ellie🕊🎀 (@🎀🕊Ellie🕊🎀)<a href="https://twitter.com/Bedroom_Ize/statuses/1083927927132168192">1547263530.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="2801e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="RVJXCS1547341523"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1083922399299600385" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">How y’all lose a 1/3 ton bronze hippo?! Someone just put it in their pocket!? https://t.co/WMbKfalf8H</div> — Ethan Snapp (@Ethan Snapp)<a href="https://twitter.com/EthanSnappy/statuses/1083922399299600385">1547262212.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p><strong>Other are simply amused by the strange mystery.</strong></p>
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</p><div id="06c44" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="AH8LKT1547341523"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1083875904324096001" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@PhyllisStein2 Weird flex but okay</div> — Cris🦎 (@Cris🦎)<a href="https://twitter.com/cris_suarezz15/statuses/1083875904324096001">1547251127.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="c9e21" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="SE5UIW1547341524"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1083876323733450753" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@itvnews Thanks to this story, all I want in life is this giant hippo in my front yard.</div> — Auntie Vigilante #MuellerTime (@Auntie Vigilante #MuellerTime)<a href="https://twitter.com/VigilanteEditor/statuses/1083876323733450753">1547251227.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="85333" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="EU2W2S1547341524"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1084063253775478784" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@itvnews Imagine getting up in the morning and mastermining the plan to steal a huge bronze Hippo.....?
Ah, lads,… https://t.co/rndaWBg8uC</div> — Olive Bridget (@Olive Bridget)<a href="https://twitter.com/OliveBridget/statuses/1084063253775478784">1547295795.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="9eb27" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8G78631547341524"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1083886343267250176" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@itvnews Maybe someone yelled “Jumanji” and it simply went back into the game 🤷🏼♀️</div> — Ruth (@Ruth)<a href="https://twitter.com/BigPic_Ruth/statuses/1083886343267250176">1547253616.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b5ca6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2V4JL41547341524"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1083846939530182656" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@kentpolicerural Clearly someone took the song to heart and gave that girl a hippopotamus for Christmas 🎄 🦛 https://t.co/gs1eA4mzSH</div> — Christopher Blewett (@Christopher Blewett)<a href="https://twitter.com/Blewett17/statuses/1083846939530182656">1547244221.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p><br>It is widely believed that the hippo was stolen to be sold for scraps.</p>
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