The Albert family asks that you keep an eye out for their giant nose.

Someone swiped a beloved 50-pound, two-foot-tall plastic nose from their porch in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood overnight Sunday.



"We woke up this morning and the nose was gone," Delia Albert said.



Delia Albert said her husband, who works for an advertising agency, rescued the nose out of the trash a year ago. It was a discarded prop from a photo shoot, though she wasn't sure what campaign had used it.



Since last October, it's been sitting on their front porch. The couple's kids, ages 5, 7, and 11, were devastated at the loss of their nose.



"They burst into tears, super upset, couldn't believe somebody would take something that didn't belong to them," Albert said. "We didn't realize how attached they were to it. It really clearly brought them a lot of joy."



Last Halloween, the family placed a bowl of candy beneath its nostrils with a sign that read, "pick one please." This year, they had plans to decorate it with a mustache and pair of giant black-rimmed glasses.



"We had a lot of good times and good laughs with the nose," Albert said.



The nose is quite heavy, so Albert suspects someone (or some ones) must have needed a car to pull off the nose job.

Her 11-year-old son pledged to bolt down the nose if it found its way home. The kids also plan to post missing fliers around the neighborhood with reward money they collected among themselves of $6.27.



Albert said she did file a police report about the nose, at her children's insistence. On the value of the stolen item, she wrote, "priceless."



Somebody knows where this nose has gone. Anyone with information on the nose's whereabouts can contact Albert at deliavalbert@gmail.com.



"No questions asked," Albert said. "We just want the nose back."

-- Samantha Swindler

@editorswindler / 503-294-4031

sswindler@oregonian.com