Pandacidal Mania

• Michael W. Kahn, Stolen PandaMania statue found in creek (Associated Press, in the Washington Times, December 17)
  
• Jason Jacks, Stolen panda statue found in community creek (Reston Times, December 17, with a great picture!)

Is this story true, or did I somehow wander into Tyler Green's criminal fantasy? Headline: Panda sleeps with the fishes. Reward of $1,000 for recovering it could have been used to fund interesting art.