Village Under a Cloud as Thunder Returns Home

Thunder, the kidnapped mammoth was found safe and well yesterday in Rumble Bridge.   He had been  tied to the Steam Ferry ticket office on the quayside overnight with a note attached to his coat claiming to be from the Red Shawl Gang itself .    The note stated that the Red Shawl Gang had nothing to do with Thunder’s kidnapping and that they would never harm a mammoth.    They had tracked down the true perpetrators of this crime, something the Royal Guard had been unable to do, and dealt with them themselves.  Surprisingly nobody in Rumble Bridge saw Thunder’s arrival or noticed a gang of red shawl wearing females ride through the village last night.   Meanwhile three local men have been reported missing and three fresh mounds of soil have been spotted  next to a nearby crossroads.