The Game's Afoot at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (Contest)

• Posted at 2:02 pm on December 12, 2011 by laura
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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Noon Year's Eve Ball

The 2012 Noon Year's Eve ball has gone missing! The ball was last seen in the Zoo's Welcome Plaza prepping for the big day. Whoever took it left a trail of clues behind and we've managed to narrow it down to a list of suspects. We hope you can don your best Sherlock Holmes hat with us and help us sort through the clues and figure out who it was.

UPDATE: Time to announce who took the ball and the winner of our contest!

Did you figure it out? The culprit of the Missing Noon Year's Eve Ball is...Johari the black rhino!

 But culprit? Not really. It turns out she only wanted to play with the ball! She rolled it from the welcome plaza to her home in the rhino barn.

The ball has since been recovered, and replaced with other toys for Johari, and our Noon Year's Eve celebration will go on as planned! See you there! Thanks for playing our game!

Congratulations to our winner Colleen of Parma!

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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Noon Year's Eve Ball

The 2012 Noon Year's Eve ball has gone missing! The ball was last seen in the Zoo's Welcome Plaza prepping for the big day. Whoever took it left a trail of clues behind and we've managed to narrow it down to a list of suspects. We hope you can don your best Sherlock Holmes hat and help us sort through the clues and figure out who it was.

Guess the correct suspect and you can enter-to-win a 3-Play Subscription Package for two from Cleveland Play House (a $300 value). Win the series and choose to see their Sherlock Holmes play called The Game's Afoot (or Holmes for the Holidays).

Contest Rules:

• We'll give you a new clue each day (Monday, December 12 - Thursday, December 15) and will reveal the answer on Friday, December 16
• Use the suspect list below to make your guess! You may enter one guess each day.
• Click here to submit your guess: http://tinyurl.com/MissingNYEball. Any guesses posted on this blog in the comments section, the Zoo's Facebook page or the Zoo's twitter page will not be eligible to win.
• Please note that this is a fictional story! :)
• Have fun and good luck!

Suspect List:

• Willy the African Elephant
• Cooper the grizzly bear cub
• Klechka the Amur tiger
• The troop of Colobus monkeys (Patrick, Stormy, Charlie, Mr. Ed, KJ & Petri)
• Daniel the Bornean orangutan
• Johari the black rhino

Clues:

Clue #4: Now for the best clue! This will help you crack the case! We found a footprint! It has three toes and looksl ike a four leaf clover. What animal could this footprint belong to?

Clue #3: Whoever it was seemed to stop for a snack. A small pile of hay was found on the Zoo path near Monkey island...what animal from the suspect list would eath both browse and hay?

Clue #2: Traces of mud were also found at the scene. Resembles a line of mud, as if the ball was being rolled away...

Clue #1: Zoo staff spotted a small pile of browse in the Welcome Plaza. Browse are young twigs, leaves and shoots that are fit for animals to eat. If browse were found in the Zoo's welcome plaza that must mean an animal had something to do with the missing ball. What animal from the list of suspects above eats browse?

Check back tomorrow for another clue! And don't forget to enter your guess here: http://tinyurl.com/MissingNYEball.

Good luck!

Eligibility: The contest is open to all fans and followers of Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s Social Media and Web site outlets. Employees of Cleveland Metroparks, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and businesses located on Zoo grounds and their immediate family members (living under the same roof) are not eligible to enter.