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Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts) Mon Dec 25, 2017, 12:30 PM Dec 2017

Someone in a jeep tried to steal a Christmas reindeer last night.

Morons. Security camera picked it up. Not sure where they were planning to hide that nearly lifesize reindeer in their open jeep, but the cam picked up their failed heist attempt.

At around 11:44 pm on Christmas Eve, a jeep turns around in the street for a safe getaway, someone hops off and across the lawn, grinchlike. He grabs one of the reindeers and pulls it until it comes off its electrical cord, and the reindeer goes dark. Two or three seconds later, the would be thief gives up. The owner must have been smart enough to anchor the reindeer.

The white male gets back to the jeep and they casually leave. No hurries.

I imagine if they had been caught, they would have gotten off because it wasn't a real theft-attempt, but a prank.

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Someone in a jeep tried to steal a Christmas reindeer last night. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 OP

UPDATE: Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 #1

Alcohol Could Have Been Involved Leith Dec 2017 #2

Definitely. Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 #3

certainly these words were uttered: "here, hold my beer" rurallib Dec 2017 #4

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)

1. UPDATE:

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 04:16 PM

Dec 2017

As you can imagine, Christmas Day was very busy and I didn't have a chance to look closely at the security camera recordings. From my perspective, the little I had seen through a quick scan of motion detector clips led me to believe there was a theft taking place. But, I had a chance to see what happened the next morning when everything came to light.

Apparently, the young men in the jeep were going for the prank. They took the male reindeer and propped it behind the female reindeer so it looked like they were caught in the act of copulation.

Needed to update the information, you know, to be fair.

Leith

(7,813 posts)

2. Alcohol Could Have Been Involved

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 10:09 PM

Dec 2017

At least they didn't smash them.

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)

3. Definitely.

Reply to Leith (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 10:18 PM

Dec 2017

Pranksters. Now that I think about it, this is the second time that I have witnessed pranking at that house. Different homeowners, though I suspect that they had the same acquaintances in the community.

rurallib

(62,448 posts)

4. certainly these words were uttered: "here, hold my beer"

Reply to Leith (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 30, 2017, 10:18 PM

Dec 2017

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