Days dragged into weeks, weeks into months. Eventually, Reggie was discovered, far from home, by a Dentist. Someone had pushed Reggie off a cliff into the Devil’s Punch-bowl, a huge quarry-like pit near Guildford. Reggie was in a very poor state. His back legs were completely destroyed, as was his tail, and he was cracked and almost flattened. Whoever had stolen him had violated the unwritten code of Mascotry: that no Mascot should ever be severely damaged or destroyed, and every Mascotry Raid must be reported to the owners of the Mascot.
In true six-million dollar man fashion, the Engineers said: ‘We can rebuild him’, and worked hard to give Reggie a new set of legs and repair most of the damage. He was well enough again by 1978 to attend the Lord Mayor’s Show.