The second incident.
At the loss of Tabatha, we decided this must not be the end of the cows. Despite the previous kidnapping, our cow efforts must continue - Tabatha's Revenge was built the next night (although this one only took about 2 hours).

Tabatha's Revenge, being our 2nd attempt at the cow entertainment business, went a little more smoothly. She was built slightly sturdier than the first cow, with small construction improvements. My neighbor learned of the previous night's adventure and decided to come along - which was an excellent idea since he brought his video camera and was able to catch the main part of the evening on tape. So we load Tabatha's Revenge into the truck (this time bringing some extras - extra cow parts, the video camera, and some food to eat), and cruise back up to the spot.

We get about 1/2 hour of the usual... People taking funny looks, slowing down and pointing, etc. That much in itself is hilarious to watch - people do funny things when they see something as odd as a cow on the sidewalk. After awhile, we start to notice some repeat viewers. There were a number of cars who all took at least 3 or 4 passes around by the cow checking it out. Then car #1 shows up - two women, one about 25, one about 21. They get out, one walks over to the cow while the other starts cleaning out the trunk (to make room for the cow). The one at the cow looks around to see if anyone's watching her.. She halfway picks it up to see how heavy it is, looks some more and just starts laughing at the whole thing.. Then her friend comes over and we think that they are going to steal it then.. So, not wanting a repeat disappointment of losing our cow, we run across the street to save it. We start talking to them, about how they want to steal it to put in their mom's house because it's her birthday and she loves cows, etc, etc.. Reluctant to give up cow #2, we just listen to them and say "well, we like our cow...", until.....

Car #2 shows up. A little volkswagen-type thing - two guys, both about 20, both nuts. The driver gets out and just looks around to see what's going on, while the passenger jumps out, runs to the cow screaming "GET OFF THE COW!!! GET OFF MY COW!!" .. We manage to keep the cow on the ground, and everyone calms down. Ok, the cow isn't going anyplace (yet). These 2 guys start trying to bargain with us to steal the cow... The 2nd guy pulls out his pager in trade if we let them steal the cow. The two ladies, of course, don't like this because they were there to steal it first. Finally, the 2nd guy just grabs the cow, runs to his little car, and starts trying to pop the trunk. Everyone runs after him (it's not going to fit in his weenie trunk), and he puts it back down. The guys start offering us food, whatever we want from the store. We decline, and the guy once again picks up the cow and runs to his car, opens the driver's door and tries to shove the cow in, but is stopped by the older girl. Everyone calms down again, then she turns around, gets into these other guy's car, finds their cheeseburgers that they just got from the drivethru and holds them up in the air - "The cow or you lose your burgers!!".. The 1st guy does not approve of losing his cheeseburger - he points at her and starts yelling "SHE'S GOT THE CHEESEBURGERS!!! GET THE COW!! SHE'S GOT THE BURGERS!!!!!!" .. So she throws the food back in their car, everyone once again huddles around the cow, (at this point we take off back to the truck to watch and let them steal it - it's too funny not to) and the the guy grabs it and starts running across the parking lot - cow over his head, legs in the air, looking like the biggest idiot on earth. He runs back to his car (running into Marcus due to the cow blocking his vision), opens the passenger door and tries to shove the cow in. Now, this cow is bigger than their whole car practically, and is not going to fit. So he throws it on top of their car, gets in, and tries to hang onto it by the head. Unfortunately, this is a cow built from paper and tape, and the poor cow's head starts to pull off... So these guys figure out that they can't get it home, the 2 ladies probably paid the guys off to let them have it, and the guys drive off in peace, leaving the original cow thieves to steal it for themselves. They eventually get the thing loaded into the back of their car, legs sticking out the backend, and drive away. Cow #2 is gone.