July 16 (UPI) — Authorities in Florida are trying to solve the mystery of a plane found abandoned at the side of a Bay County road.
The Springfield Police Department said on social media that “a portion of a plane” — the cockpit, nose and front propeller — was found abandoned at the side of Transmitter Road.
The plane bears markings from ZooWorld in Panama City Beach, including giraffe logos on its seats, but the business said it got rid of the plane about a week ago.
“That used to be part of an exhibit, but it was removed to bring in something that would hold up,” Jadena Terrell, ZooWorld’s assistant park director, told WJHG-TV. “For you know, against kids climbing that kind of thing, to make it more user-friendly for people in wheelchairs and more compliant for people, so everyone could enjoy it.”
Police said they learned the person who took possession of the plane took it to a scrap …