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Colonel Sanders statue in Osaka

A plastic statue of Colonel Sanders is stored at the Kentucky Fried Chicken office in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 4, 2023. The life-size statue of the KFC founder went missing in 1985 after fans of the local Central League baseball team tossed it into a river in Osaka and was recovered 24 years later during construction work.

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Colonel Sanders statue in Osaka

A plastic statue of Colonel Sanders is stored at the Kentucky Fried Chicken office in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 4, 2023. The life-size statue of the KFC founder went missing in 1985 after fans of the local Central League baseball team tossed it into a river in Osaka and was recovered 24 years later during construction work.

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KFC chain stresses use of Japan-raised chickens only

TOKYO, Japan - A statute of Colonel Sanders holds a poster in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2014, saying the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain uses only chickens raised in Japan amid a food safety scandal in China.

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Colonel Sanders 'returns' to work

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - A Colonel Sanders statue forms part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark its return to work for the first time in 25 years at a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture on March 19, 2010. The life-size statue of the KFC founder, which went missing in 1985 after baseball fans tossed it into a river, was recovered in 2009 during construction work.

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Partially restored statue of Colonel Sanders unveiled

OSAKA, Japan - A partially restored statue of Colonel Sanders is unveiled to the media during a ritual at Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine in Osaka on June 25. The statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder, which had been tossed into a river in Osaka by exited Hanshin Tigers fans in 1985 after the Central League baseball club won the league title, was recovered from the bottom of a river in Osaka in March. The statue has been given a new protective coating.

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Recovered Colonel Sanders statue returned to KFC

OSAKA, Japan - Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd. President Masao Watanabe puts a pair of new glasses on a battered statue of KFC founder Colonel Sanders at the Osaka city government office on March 13. The statue was returned to the company for the first time since it was thrown into a river in the city 24 years ago by crazed fans of the baseball club Hanshin Tigers.

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Colonel Sanders statue found in Osaka 24 yrs after Hanshin win

OSAKA, Japan - A statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders is shown to the media in Osaka on March 11, after its upper- and lower- halves were recovered separately from a river in Osaka on March 10 and 11. When Japan's Central League baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the league title in 1985, exited Tigers fans tossed the statue into the river because they thought it resembled Randy Bass, who was then the American slugger for the team.

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Colonel Sanders statue found in Osaka 24 yrs after Hanshin win

OSAKA, Japan - Reporters and camera crew surround a statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders in Osaka on March 11 after its upper- and lower- halves were recovered separately from a river in Osaka on March 10 and 11. When Japan's Central League baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the league title in 1985, exited Tigers fans tossed the statue into the river because they thought it resembled Randy Bass, who was then the American slugger for the team.

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Colonel Sanders mannequin to take shelter

KOBE, Japan - A Colonel Sanders mannequin is forced to carry a Hanshin Tigers megaphone in hand outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Kobe on July 29. The shop decided to ask him to take shelter on the day the Osaka-based baseball club wins the Central League pennant to avoid a repeat of the team's 1985 victory, when one of his colleagues was thrown into a nearby canal by jubilant supporters.

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The Son Of Monte Cristo film (1940)

Louis Hayward, George Sanders & Lionel Royce Characters: Edmund Dantes Jr.,General Gurko Lanen & Colonel Zimmerman Film: The Son Of Monte Cristo (1940) Director: Rowland V. Lee 05 December 1940 Date: 05-Dec-1940

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Partially restored statue of Colonel Sanders unveiled

OSAKA, Japan - A partially restored statue of Colonel Sanders is unveiled to the media during a ritual at Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine in Osaka on June 25. The statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder, which had been tossed into a river in Osaka by exited Hanshin Tigers fans in 1985 after the Central League baseball club won the league title, was recovered from the bottom of a river in Osaka in March. The statue has been given a new protective coating. (Kyodo)

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Recovered Colonel Sanders statue returned to KFC

OSAKA, Japan - Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd. President Masao Watanabe puts a pair of new glasses on a battered statue of KFC founder Colonel Sanders at the Osaka city government office on March 13. The statue was returned to the company for the first time since it was thrown into a river in the city 24 years ago by crazed fans of the baseball club Hanshin Tigers. (Kyodo)

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Colonel Sanders statue found in Osaka 24 yrs after Hanshin win

OSAKA, Japan - Reporters and camera crew surround a statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders in Osaka on March 11 after its upper- and lower- halves were recovered separately from a river in Osaka on March 10 and 11. When Japan's Central League baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the league title in 1985, exited Tigers fans tossed the statue into the river because they thought it resembled Randy Bass, who was then the American slugger for the team. (Kyodo)

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Colonel Sanders statue found in Osaka 24 yrs after Hanshin win

OSAKA, Japan - A statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders is shown to the media in Osaka on March 11, after its upper- and lower- halves were recovered separately from a river in Osaka on March 10 and 11. When Japan's Central League baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the league title in 1985, exited Tigers fans tossed the statue into the river because they thought it resembled Randy Bass, who was then the American slugger for the team. (Kyodo)

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Colonel Sanders 'returns' to work

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - A Colonel Sanders statue forms part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark its return to work for the first time in 25 years at a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture on March 19, 2010. The life-size statue of the KFC founder, which went missing in 1985 after baseball fans tossed it into a river, was recovered in 2009 during construction work. (Kyodo)

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KFC chain stresses use of Japan-raised chickens only

TOKYO, Japan - A statute of Colonel Sanders holds a poster in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2014, saying the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain uses only chickens raised in Japan amid a food safety scandal in China. (Kyodo)

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Colonel Sanders mannequin to take shelter

KOBE, Japan - A Colonel Sanders mannequin is forced to carry a Hanshin Tigers megaphone in hand outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Kobe on July 29. The shop decided to ask him to take shelter on the day the Osaka-based baseball club wins the Central League pennant to avoid a repeat of the team's 1985 victory, when one of his colleagues was thrown into a nearby canal by jubilant supporters. (Kyodo)