"Most Interesting Man in World" Goes Missing From Richland Grocery

“The Most Interesting Man in the World” went missing the night of April 8 from the Giant Eagle in Richland Township.

Actually, it was the cardboard cutout of “The Most Interesting Man in the World” from the Dos Equis beer advertising commercials.

Usually “The Most Interesting Man” greets customers as they enter the Giant Eagle grocery store in Northtowne Square.

But that all ended about 10 p.m. on that Friday when a witness spotted a 20-year-old Wexford man taking “The Most Interesting Man” with him as he left the store after paying for groceries.

An alert Giant Eagle employee got a license plate number, and police were called.

“Complainant did not wish to pursue charges, he only wanted the item returned,” the Northern Regional Police Department report states.

 “The Most Interesting Man in the World” has quite a reputation. According to the TV ads:

“The police often question him, just because they find him interesting."

Perhaps the local police also found him interesting, but on that Friday night they were more interested in the man who owned the car “The Most Interesting Man” got into.

Reached by phone, the owner of the car admitted to police that his friend took “The Most Interesting Man” and still had him.

Police contacted the friend, who said he would take the item back to Giant Eagle as soon as possible.

He did.

Police checked back with Giant Eagle on Sunday and confirmed “The Most Interesting Man in the World” had returned to in his rightful place.

A call to the “friend’s” house to ask why he took “The Man” and what he planned to do with him was interesting too.

 The young man’s mother, who answered the phone, said she had no idea that “The Most Interesting Man in the World” had been in her son’s possession. Her son was not home, but she said she would talk to him about it. 

Police filed no charges. Another interesting case was closed.