Tic Toc found. :(

So so sad, poor pony and poor josh.

Was he stolen then or has he been found dead somewhere, i dont want to be gory, but i think it is also closer to the millions of people who have been searching, praying for his return to find closure in knowing what the circumstances were. Forgive me for asking!
 
Seems he was found in a ditch less than a mile from home. Most suspect he escaped from his field and fell in to one of the dykes. No evidence of any theft.

But as his owner refuses to comment, it's purely conjecture at this time.
 
Oh thank you, poor boy, i always felt he might have been closer to home than thought, but that was just my gut feeling, like so many others i guess. So sad
 
CobsGalore said:
"She feels Tic Toc had been kept by someone and dumped several weeks after he disappeared. She says the police have been informed and are investigating."

http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2014-02-12/missing-pony-found-dead/

Sadly I think him escaping is probably more likely.
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Me too. He was always an unlikely pony to choose to steal, and then all that reward money offered...I can't believe someone (a thief, someone with a grudge, whoever) would have passed all those thousands up, even if they pretended to 'find' him, or had someone they know pretend to find him and split the money.
 
he could have been stolen because of the wide spread coverage couldnt get a vet to see him to get pergolide, so he died from the cushings and the thief because of the wide spread coverage dumped him where he would be found e.g. close to home, due to guilt, this is what i can only presume seeing his rug was no longer on him.
 
putasocinit said:
he could have been stolen because of the wide spread coverage couldnt get a vet to see him to get pergolide, so he died from the cushings and the thief because of the wide spread coverage dumped him where he would be found e.g. close to home, due to guilt, this is what i can only presume seeing his rug was no longer on him.
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Or he lost the rug climbing through fences. Strayed and died sounds so much more likely than stolen...why would anyone steal a very elderly small pony when there are so many valuable ones around.
 
One of my horses can get out of her rug and leave all the straps and buckles intact and fastened. Alternatively as Clava says he might have destroyed it.
 
Sadly the truth will most than likely never be known - could be as simple as thief stole rug - left gate open - pony wandered out etc.

I rented a field a few years ago and someone took my gate off the hinges (other end still locked) and horses went down busy road, round blind bend in middle of night and ended up on friends yard. If I had not been using friends arena and therefore horses familiar with it, they could have travelled miles by morning and easily have ended up in a bad way or worse.

I will never know whether it was prank, stupidity or attempted theft !
 
Yes youre right, could have had rug stolen or have got out of rug, either way poor boy, just cant believe his body was missed unless a lot of undergrowth in the area
 
Usually ponies / livestock are missed round here because they have gone into waterfilled drainage ditches. Even smallish ordinary drains, are eight feet across the bottom. The ones down the sides of fields are still five feet across the bottom. Anything that's shown on a map will be even larger. A small pony like Tic Toc just wouldn't be noticed in the bottom. I know my Section A and a whole flock of sheep could disappear just grazing on the banks. It wasn't until you got right up to the edge of the field and looked down the bottom of the ditch, some eight feet down, that you could see them. I used to get regular panics.
 
Very sad, but at least they can grieve, rather than not know.

If he had fallen in the ditch, and only just been found, (without meaning to sound gruesome) the state of his body would be pretty decomposed?? Would that not indicate for how long he was where he was found?
I'm guessing his rug was indeed stolen and the thief left the gate open. Either that or the rug fell off him in the ditch and is so saturated it has sunk to the bottom and hasn't been seen yet.

Feel for the little boy. RIP TicToc... your story touched many.
 
Fools Motto said:
Very sad, but at least they can grieve, rather than not know.

If he had fallen in the ditch, and only just been found, (without meaning to sound gruesome) the state of his body would be pretty decomposed?? Would that not indicate for how long he was where he was found?
I'm guessing his rug was indeed stolen and the thief left the gate open. Either that or the rug fell off him in the ditch and is so saturated it has sunk to the bottom and hasn't been seen yet.

Feel for the little boy. RIP TicToc... your story touched many.
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sadly unless someone pays for an autopsy i doubt we'll ever know the full truth:( i do feel sorry for the pony and his young rider but i still have trouble believing it was anything other than a tragic accident (escaped and fell into ditch) rather than someone stealing him and then dumping him.
 
This has just been added to the Facebook page -

"I need to add something here.. He was found without his rug anywhere near him and with a head collar and lead rope on - which he never wore when he disappeared. There is more to this than him just wandering off."

Interesting if there is any truth to this
 
Clava said:
Or he lost the rug climbing through fences. Strayed and died sounds so much more likely than stolen...why would anyone steal a very elderly small pony when there are so many valuable ones around.
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Ditto. People seem obsessed with shouting "stolen!!!" when in all likelyhood he probably wasn't.
 
mulledwhine said:
So with a head collar and rope on and no rug !!! What are peoples thoughts ?

All I know is that I feel desperately sorry for the family and his little jockey :(
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£1000 reward, upped to £6000 reward. Why would anyone who had stolen a low value pony not collect the cash?
 
I live close to where Tic Toc was stolen and so wanted to know what had happened so I could take steps to better protect my animals if required.

Until I hear that the police have deemed him "stolen" then I am going to stick with the gut feeling that he escaped and passed away.
 
Poor little chap. We lost a pony a few years back and my son who wasn't much older than Joshua was absolutely devastated.

Sadly ponies can get out, they can wriggle under fences. We lost Bramble several years ago when we were on a livery yard, got a phone call next day to say there was a black and white pony swimming around in the river on one of the salmon pools and the fishermen weren't best pleased. When we got down, there he was swimming around as described having a great time.

I'm sure the full story will come out in time, but for the moment my heart goes out to one sad wee lad.
 
I'll probably get shot down in flames but i think these latest developments of no rug and now head collar and rug are just to keep the stolen theme going rather than them just admitting the pony escaped , drowned and was half a mile from all all the time to all their followers.
 
Ibblebibble said:
I'll probably get shot down in flames but i think these latest developments of no rug and now head collar and rug are just to keep the stolen theme going rather than them just admitting the pony escaped , drowned and was half a mile from all all the time to all their followers.
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I can't help but think that could be a possibility. :(
 
Ibblebibble said:
I'll probably get shot down in flames but i think these latest developments of no rug and now head collar and rug are just to keep the stolen theme going rather than them just admitting the pony escaped , drowned and was half a mile from all all the time to all their followers.
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I'm on the same thinking too
 
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