Probable Witch Offers $1 Million for Return of Wizard of Oz Slippers
According to CBS News, an anonymous (almost certainly green and broom-straddling) donor has offered a $1 million reward for a pair of Dorothy’s ruby slippers stolen from a Minnesota museum in 2005.
“We didn’t think the offer was legitimate at first,” a Judy Garland Museum spokesperson told The Washington Post. “[The presumed crone] wanted to remain anonymous. They only wanted to share that they are a huge Wizard of Oz fan, based in Arizona.”
The Associated Press reports that there are only three other surviving pairs of the slippers that will grant a sorceress the greatest power in all of Oz. From Vanity Fair:
At the time of the theft, the ruby slippers, which owe their glitter to burgundy sequins, were insured for $1 million. [Museum executive director John] Kelsch says they could be worth $2 million to $3 million now. The last pair to hit the auction block took in $666,000 in 2000.
To collect the reward, both the exact location of the shoes and the name of the shoe thief are required.
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