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Until he disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1996, the ibis, also known by his Latin name Ibis Threskiornis, was soldered to the onion-shaped dome of the Lampoon building. After the bird's reappearance in November, the fun-loving Lampoon dispatched its lawyer to retrieve the ibis from The Crimson, and the newspaper eventually agreed to return the mascot in time for the magazine's 125th anniversary celebration in early February...
Crimson editors hastily sent to Beijing in pursuit of the five-foot copper bird have so far been unable to convince Thresky to return to Cambridge...
Speaking from his roost in a rafter of the Forbidden City, the bird demanded that the Lampoon endorse the "One Ibis" policy before negotiations for reunification could begin. Thresky said he would return from China peacefully when the magazine removes the impostor ibis currently on top of the castle and publicly acknowledges his royal sovereignty, he said...
...cantankerous 92-year-old bird has led a storied life, and his flight from the Lampoon surprised few veteran Harvard ornithologists. The ibis has escaped from the Lampoon regularly over the years. This is his first known trip abroad, however, since his kidnapping as a hatchling in Egypt...
...past, departing presidents have left the White House with their wives and retired quietly to their origins - Harry and Bess to Independence, Missouri; Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson to their ranch in Texas; the Nixons and later the Reagans to California; the Carters to Plains, Georgia...