Fundraising crocheted pig returned after theft

Kevin the pig wears different themed outfits each month

A post box topper which was stolen from a street in East Yorkshire on Wednesday has been returned.

Kevin Bacon, a crocheted pig, was part of a display by the Brough Yarn bombers and was helping to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation.

The crochet team had fitted the pig with a tracking device which had sent its location back from a street in Hull.

After an appeal on social media, which asked for door bell footage and CCTV, the pig was returned, anonymously, on Friday evening.

Safe, sound and drying out for a bit

Ali Davis from Brough Yarn bombers said local businesses had paid for four AirTag tracking devices for the group to use in their designs, after others had gone missing.

The team deploy the tags at random within their toppers.

The pig was one of them, and a signal from the device told the group it was in one of four properties on a street in Hull.

Police told them it was unlikely that they would get a warrant to search any properties.

Ms Davis said the police call handler said the request had made her top strangest calls of all time.

The investigation came to an abrupt end when Kevin Bacon was returned to its box on Wiske Avenue on Friday.

The crochet group said they were pleased their group mascot had been put back.

"It is theft," Ms Davis said. "Police were asking for CCTV footage. It's not worth people taking them," she warned.

Brough Yarn bombers have withdrawn the topper to let it dry out and replace its AirTag battery, but said Kevin will be back on the post box for more fund raising in March.

The group raise money for a variety of different charities, and their display in December raised £1,000 for the Martin House children's hospice and Emmaus UK homeless charity in Hull.

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