By Tim Binnall
A celebrated Bigfoot statue in West Virginia is less one arm thanks to a sinister miscreant who severed the Sasquatch's limb. Located in the state's Elk River Trail Park, the impressive piece was reportedly created by a group of students in a wood carving class last summer. Upon its unveiling (seen below), the statue quickly became a favorite destination for visitors to the park and was even included as a stopping point on the state's wildly popular Paranormal Trail. Standing a towering ten and a half feet tall, the artwork originally weighed 1,800 pounds until last week when it fell victim to a saw-wielding ne'er-do-well with bad intentions.
According to an outraged local newspaper, the vandal "purposefully and carelessly" cut off the cryptid's right arm. Noting that the kids who carved the piece had done so over the course of "ten sweltering summer days in 95 to 100-degree weather," the report decried the individual responsible for marring the artwork "that hundreds if not thousands of people have come to enjoy." Since the Sasquatch statue is technically state property, the perpetrator could face serious repercussions for the crime should authorities catch the culprit who is likely hoping that nobody notices that they have suddenly come into possession of a giant Bigfoot arm.