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After recovering its legs and right hand March 11, construction workers reassembled the long-lost statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) founder and mascot Colonel Sanders, which was tossed into the Dotonbori River in central Osaka 24 years ago, city officials said.

The plastic statue was thrown into the river in 1985 by excited Hanshin Tiger fans following the baseball team's first Central League championship victory in 21 years.

The upper part of the statue was found March 10, about 300 meters from where it was thrown into the water in the Dotonbori district. The legs and right hand were found nearby, city officials said.

After the team returned to its losing ways, their misfortune in subsequent years became jokingly attributed to the missing statue, which was responsible for "the curse of Colonel Sanders."

The statue parts were found during a cleanup of the river bottom carried out by the city in preparation to pave its banks. (The Japan Times)

道頓堀川のカーネル像、24年ぶりに発見

24年前に阪神タイガースがリーグ優勝した際に道頓堀川に投げ込まれた「カーネル・サンダース」像が見つかった。

Shukan ST: March 20, 2009

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