>> 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.