Terror Alert Level Lowered: The Thurman Thomas Tree Has Been Recovered

A wood carving of everyone's favorite Tecmo Bowl player (Bo Jackson is for noobs) went missing from outside Ralph Wilson Stadium yesterday. But no worries, as it's turned up across the border.

The sculpture, part of a fundraising series after a 2006 blizzard felled thousands of trees, was unveiled before yesterday's Bills game. It's 8½ feet tall and weighs half a ton, and required a crane to set up. But after the game it was nowhere to be found. After losing 6-3 to the Browns, can you blame wooden Thurman for fleeing the vicinity?

But this story has a happy ending, if you consider an ongoing pattern of attempted vandalism by Bills fans happy. A Canadian man says he has the statue, but only took it to rescue it from a group of people trying to set it on fire.

So, in case you're keeping tally of the pros and cons of the potential Toronto Bills:

•Canadians will break the law to protect the honor of a beloved Bills legend. •Buffalonians will try to burn them in effigy.

Cops: Missing Thurman Thomas Statue Located [TMZ]