Mocha Motion mascot returned
Apparently the thief who stole the Mocha Motion statuary (see two entries below) had second thoughts. The 200-lb surfer-themed talisman (if you will) that greets java seekers to the coffee drive-thru on upper Fourth Street was swiped early Thursday morning by a thief who cut through the rebar that held it to its base. Mocha Motion owner Greg Young started a publicity campaign by calling local radio stations and on Friday the Eureka Reporter had a story. Sometime Sunday morning, apparently, the thief returned the mascot in what appeared at first to be a body bag, according to Young, dropping it off behind the shop. Maybe the culprit suffered from thief's remorse, or maybe he figured it was too hot to hang onto.