SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A lucky mascot stolen from a San Francisco Patriots bar is back with it's rightful owners.
The Connecticut Yankee bar noticed after the AFC Championship game, their beloved gnome statue named "Rob Gnome-Kowski" was missing from their garden. Bar patrons and staff were crushed.
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They posted missing signs all over the area in hopes of getting their mascot back before the Super Bowl.
The owners of the bar noticed an Instagram account featuring "Gnome-Kowski" had been made, with photos of a gnome, traveling all over the Bay Area.
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After messaging the Instagram account, asking about the gnome, the culprit admitted he stole the statue in a drunken stupor and returned it Saturday night.
A flyer offering a reward for a missing gnome is seen outside the Connecticut Yankee bar in San Francisco on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. (KGO-TV)