Quirky World ... Willie Nelson reunited with kidnapped armadillo

USA: A stuffed armadillo that serves as an on-stage mascot for country music legend Willie Nelson has been returned after being kidnapped from a Las Vegas-area show.

Quirky World ... Willie Nelson reunited with kidnapped armadillo

Officials at the Westin Lake Las Vegas resort in Henderson say the creature, named Ol’ Dillo, vanished while audience members were greeting Nelson after a concert on Monday night.

Westin marketing director Matt Boland says Nelson’s crew called in the middle of the night from the road, asking the resort to scour surveillance footage after the mascot went missing. he was outside the hotel on Tuesday morning when an apologetic man drove up and handed him a shoebox and instructions to return it to Nelson.

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