(Photo of "Red Panda" at an Iowa State University half time show, January 28th, 2016)
(SAN FRANCISCO, California) College basketball fans in Iowa familiar with half-time performer known as the "Red Panda Acrobat" have been saddened to learn that Rong Niu, the San Francisco unicyclist, who juggles plates on her head at pro and college games across the country, is missing her seven-foot unicycle.
Niu's agent, Pat Figley spoke with KTVU in San Francisco.
“She’s heartbroken,” said Figley, "It's like her baby was kidnapped. She’s had that unicycle for 30 years.”
Figley says Niu had landed at the San Francisco airport from Denver and was waiting for her bag, with her unicycle, but it never come off the conveyor belt. She saw it from a distance, but Figley says they think someone must have grabbed it. A $2,000 reward is being offered, no questions asked.