Harry Potter's Flying Car Vanishes
Neil Tweedie
Telegraph.co.uk
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Cornwall (UK):
A question for car thieves: what do you do if you have just stolen a rusty Ford Anglia known to every child in Britain over the age of six and which, despite its alleged magical properties, doesn't actually work?
One or more of the light-fingered fraternity in Cornwall was pondering that problem yesterday after stealing the "flying" car that appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.The turquoise Ford, circa 1962 and registration 7990 TD, went missing from the now defunct South West Film Studios in St Agnes some time between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon.
Yesterday, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary was at a loss to explain the theft. Pc Terry Hodgson explained: "There's no way it's been driven away - we have wondered if it flew away."Well no, Pc Hodgson, it didn't. You see it's a rusty old shell of a car that lay neglected under tarpaulin until one of the local tealeafs spotted it.It doesn't fly, it isn't magic and it doesn't have an Invisibility Booster that makes it disappear at the touch of a button.Suspects range from classic (if you can call a Ford Anglia classic) car enthusiasts to deranged Harry Potter fans equipped with tow-truck or trailer.
"We're investigating right now," said Pc Hodgson. "There were no car keys - it didn't run - and there's nothing to indicate how they got on to the lot. It's a mystery."
Oct 29, 2005
Neil Tweedie
Telegraph.co.uk
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Cornwall (UK):
A question for car thieves: what do you do if you have just stolen a rusty Ford Anglia known to every child in Britain over the age of six and which, despite its alleged magical properties, doesn't actually work?
One or more of the light-fingered fraternity in Cornwall was pondering that problem yesterday after stealing the "flying" car that appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.The turquoise Ford, circa 1962 and registration 7990 TD, went missing from the now defunct South West Film Studios in St Agnes some time between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon.
Yesterday, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary was at a loss to explain the theft. Pc Terry Hodgson explained: "There's no way it's been driven away - we have wondered if it flew away."Well no, Pc Hodgson, it didn't. You see it's a rusty old shell of a car that lay neglected under tarpaulin until one of the local tealeafs spotted it.It doesn't fly, it isn't magic and it doesn't have an Invisibility Booster that makes it disappear at the touch of a button.Suspects range from classic (if you can call a Ford Anglia classic) car enthusiasts to deranged Harry Potter fans equipped with tow-truck or trailer.
"We're investigating right now," said Pc Hodgson. "There were no car keys - it didn't run - and there's nothing to indicate how they got on to the lot. It's a mystery."
Oct 29, 2005
