World championships’ official mascot Legend the Bigfoot’s head stolen

21/07/2022

EUGENE, OREGON - JULY 18: Conseslus Kipruto of Team Kenya is carried by mascot, Legend, after winning bronze the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Fina on day four of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 18, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Official mascot "Legend the Bigfoot" is seen during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 16, 2022. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

EUGENE, OREGON - JULY 15: The World Athletics Championships Oregon22 mascot Legend is seen on day one of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 15, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. Steph Chambers/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

EUGENE, OREGON - JULY 18: Legend the mascot is seen on day four of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 18, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. Christian Petersen/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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The head of the athletics world championships’ official mascot Legend the Bigfoot has become the subject of a police matter after it was stolen. Police were called to Eugene’s Hayward Field after Legend’s yellow head went missing and a number of videos and photographs surfaced on social media showing people wearing it. A spokesperson f rom Oregon 2022, the championship organisers, said: “This is now a police matter, and we won’t have further comments at this time.” The mascot – a big yellow, furry, mythical creature – was chosen for the 2022 World Championships because of legend in this part of the United States. It was said that a mysterious creature roamed the region and it became known as Bigfoot. Legend’s replacement head was used at the Eugene venue on Tuesday after the original went missing. (PA Media/DPA)

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