Mysterious statue of woman appears on Vernon sidewalk

A statue of a woman showed up on a sidewalk in Vernon this morning and been picked up the RCMP who are waiting for its owner to come forward. The statue of a woman, which looks like it belongs in a cemetery or someone's garden, was found on Highway 6 near downtown and surprised commuters this morning, Aug. 6. “I drove by it to work in the morning and saw it and thought it was really weird,” Vernon RCMP media relations officer Chris Terleski told iNFOnews.ca. Terleski he doesn’t know where it came from or whether it was stolen. “It’s still at the station and we’d love to get it back to its rightful owner,” he said. “We’re hoping anyone missing it will call us, we’ll keep it safe until then.” Anyone with information can call the detachment at 250-545-7171. To contact a reporter for this story, email Shannon Ainslie mailto:sainslie@infonews.ca  or call 250-819-6089 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .