WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Have you seen Boris the stolen whale?

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Whale-watching on Alki is a popular pastime. It’s not usually this kind of whale-watching, though – Marianne is hoping someone will spot Boris the stolen whale:

REWARD: Boris, our beloved whale, has been stolen from our house near Alki. He has very special meaning to our family, so much so he was specifically called out in the paperwork of the sale of the house. Please contact me if you have any information or saw anything. If he returns magically there will be no questions asked, please please please help me find Boris for my children and our family.

No police-report number yet (we’ll add when available). Boris’s home is near 60th/Stevens.

lucy September 12, 2025 (1:49 pm)

This is so sad. I’m sorry this has happened to you and your family. Someone stole a totem my grandfather hand carved for my mother off our front porch. I still think about it and can picture it in my mind. So sad when things like this are taken. They aren’t worth any money.

Frog September 13, 2025 (12:04 am)

If the whale is made of metal, it might have been stolen by a member of the independent recycling community. You could hustle down to West Seattle Recycling and ask to look in the iron and steel bin, in case it hasn’t been hauled away yet.