Overview

• A 4-foot, roughly 50-pound fiberglass Apatosaurus named Claire was taken late September from the San Vicente Boulevard Sinclair station.
• Security video of the theft shows a man using tools to remove the statue before loading it into a white pickup truck.
• Early Monday, surveillance footage captured the statue’s return, wrapped in fabric, with what appears to be the same white pickup at the pumps.
• An attached note apologized for taking Claire and asked that no charges be pressed; the owners filed a report but said they would not pursue prosecution.
• LAPD had not reported arrests as of the latest updates, and the owners said the mascot sustained only minor damage as neighbors celebrated its return.