More than a week out and the 200-pound, 3-feet-tall statue of the famous toon, swiped from the side of the road in Hatfield, Mass., is still missing.

The rendering of the ogre — who has delighted moviegoers since DreamWorks released the Oscar-winning animated comedy Shrek back in 2001 featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and John Lithgow — was owned by someone with a home nearby. In Hatfield, a town of 3,300 outside Springfield, the oversized, neon-green monument had become an unofficial local landmark.