Mary Merwin loved life, and the porch-goose phenomenon. When her family discovered several of the porch ornaments in her home after her unexpected death in June, they knew at least one of them needed to continue the adventures she enjoyed so much.

Enter Mary Goose on the Loose, a cross between the porch goose craze and the Elf on the Shelf game.

“She (Mary) had recently become obsessed with the porch goose phenomenon that’s out there. I don’t know if you know it, but it’s huge,” said Lisa Kahl, Mary’s sister, noting it began with a stuffed animal at…