Family asks for Halloween miracle after thief nabs their 13-foot Jack Skellington animatronic

She’s got a bone to pick.A Disney-loving California family is hoping they will get their own “Halloween miracle” after a spooky swindler plucked their 13-foot Jack Skellington animatronic off their front lawn.Avelina Rodriguez has stuck the domineering decoration of the “Nightmare Before Christmas” protagonist in her yard every year from October to the New Year.From its perch, the renowned Pumpkin King watches over Trick-or-Treaters and carolers alike.But this year, a sticky-fingered Scrooge made off with the mainstay weeks before Halloween.Rodriguez’s entire family was devastated — including her 2-year-old granddaughter, who loves the classic Tim Burton film so much that her first word was “Jack,” the matriarch told Fox 11.Neighbors were quick to rally around the family as they mourned the loss of the beloved neighborhood staple.When the towering lawn ornament was first stolen last weekend, a kindhearted neighbor turned up at Rodriguez’s doorstep and offered to share surveillance footage she’d captured of the thief.The security video showed a hooded figure carrying the 13-foot skeleton and loading it onto the roof of a nearby getaway car as if it were a Christmas tree, then speeding off before sunrise.“They came at 5 in the morning when they knew it was dark.

Put him on top of the roof of the car — so they had to have been holding on to this 13-foot Jack the whole time while the other person’s driving? It’s insane!” Rodriguez told the outlet.She bashed the humbug highwaymen for “ruining” such an innocent tradition.Still, she’s holding out hope that Skellington will make his glorious return to her Halloween Town.“It would mean a lot to me — it would be like a Halloween miracle for me.

I know there’s Christmas miracles, but it would be a Halloween miracle.It would make me really happy and would make my family happy, and it would just go to show that there’s hope,” she told the outlet.The spooky season often inspires ...