Fowl play: Giant metal chicken stolen in Boulder County

• "Somewhere out there, a giant rooster is roaming free… or sitting in someone's backyard looking very out of place," the sheriff's office wrote. "We're not here to ruffle feathers, we just want to help get the big guy home to roost."

Flashback: Boulder County is no stranger to decoration theft. A prairie dog sculpture was stolen from Superior in 2021, not to mention the chilling kidnapping of Frosty the Snowman in 2017.