Two Men Appear In Court For Stealing Massive Big Bird Costume

Two men have appeared in court for allegedly stealing a pricey Big Bird costume in South Australia.

The $160,000 bird disappeared from the Sesame Street Circus Spectacular at Bonython Park in Adelaide back in April this year.

Authorities launched a massive search and rescue operation for it and bizarrely found it the next day with a strange and pun-riddled note attached to it.

Police saw two men take off into the distance and they were later tracked down.

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Tasman Binder and Cody Milne were subsequently charged with theft and unlawfully being on premises and they had their first court appearance today (June 30). Boy it was something.

A magistrate had the men's bail conditions changed to remove a curfew and a ban on them contacting each other. They still have a ban on visiting the circus area where Big Bird went missing.

When the court appearance was finished, Biner and Milne walked out and were greeted to a bunch of reporters.

They were dressed in similar turtlenecks that were tucked into their pants, funky sunglasses and very schnazzy blazers.

The journalists asked them the usual questions post-appearance-in-court, however they then quickly changed their tune to quiz them on some hard-hitting areas.

One woman asked 'Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?' and then 'who's your favourite Sesame Street character?' was thrown at them next.

The blokes didn't answer any questions and simply got in a vehicle to leave. The beat up car struggled to leave outside the courthouse and the driver was also dressed pretty spiffy. It's unclear if his lack of skill in driving a manual car was real or all part of the gimmick.

We'd expect nothing less from people accused of writing a letter that said they were sorry for being 'such a birden'.

When authorities found the Big Bird costume, there was a note attached that said: "We had no idea what we were doing, or what our actions would cause.

"We were just having a rough time and were trying to cheer ourselves up. We had a great time with Mr Bird, he's a great guy and no harm came to our friend."

Mr Milne and Mr Binder will next appear in court in November.

Topics: Australia

Stewart Perrie

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