reporter: destruction like you ve never seen. the elf we all love beheaded. nutcracker laying now in the snow and the devastation doesn t stop there. the nativity scene was vandalized, too. normally this time of year we are wishing you a merry christmas, feliz navidad, something festive like that, but as you can see, bandits came here completely destroying the figurines and even toppling over baby jesus. really almost sacreligious. reporter: michigan state police brought out the canine team hoping to sniff the vandals out. the damage done, around $40,000. we walked the grounds and discovered even more destruction. we can do some repair on it. it s going to take a long, lock time. reporter: and some of the figures you see here are irreplaceable. some of these figures have been out here for 20 years. reporter: these aren t the tracks from santa.
you ve never seen. the elf we all love beheaded. nutcracker laying now in the snow and the devastation doesn t stop there. the nativity scene was vandalized, too. normally this time of year we are wishing you a merry christmas, feliz navidad, something festive like that, but as you can see, bandits came here completely destroying the figurines and even toppling over baby jesus. really almost sacreligious. reporter: michigan state police brought out the canine team hoping to sniff the vandals out. the damage done, around $40,000. we walked the grounds and discovered even more destruction. we can do some repair on it. it s going to take a long, lock time. reporter: and some of the figures you see here are irreplaceable. some of these figures have been out here for 20 years. reporter: these aren t the tracks from santa. these are the tracks from the culprits responsible. wayne bronnor hopes it doesn t take long to track them down. we ll offer a reward that leads to the prose
christmas, feliz navidad, something festive like that, but as you can see, bandits came here completely destroying the figurines and even toppling over baby jesus. just really almost sacreligious. reporter: michigan state police brought out the canine team hoping to sniff the vandals out. the damage done, around $40,000. we walked the grounds and discovered even more destruction. we can do some repair on it. it s going to take a long, long time. reporter: and some of the figures you see here are irreplaceable. some of these figures have been out here for 20 years. reporter: these aren t the tracks from santa. these are the tracks from the culprits responsible. wayne bronner hopes it doesn t take long to track them down. we re going to offer a reward that leads to the prosecution of the individuals responsible. $40,000 in damage there. coming up, we ll check in with meteorologist bonnie schneider to see how much snow has already fallen in the northeast and how much more