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twc
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They Tried
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5/9/2008 6:50:07 PM
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My son came home a few hours ago to find someone swimming behind our pontoon boat. He yelled down, asked if they needed something. The guy claimed he was only "using the bathroom" and said he would go somewhere else. He swam off upstream and a couple minutes later an old boat, with him and 2 others in it took off downstream. The guy flipped my son off as he went by.
If you haven't figured it out yet, he was trying to steal the gas from the boat. My son said the fuel line was taken loose but not cut. I'll be checking in a few minutes. We called the Talladega County Sherrifs office and a deputy came out. He told me they had already notified the Marine Police but since they didn't actaully get anything, there wasn't much we could do.
How bad off do you have to be to resort to stealing gas from a boat in broad daylight? Any insight Chief? There was 2 full 5 gallon cans up on the pier if he had just looked a little closer. And, if I had been here, I'd have given the guy gas money if he was that bad off. But if they are gonna try to steal it, I might have to check the pattern on my shotgun.
Oh well, let's not let it ruin our weekend. I think I'll get a head start on tomorrows activities. The reason I wasn't here was I had made a store run to stock up on "supplies".
See yall on the water tomorrow.
Peace,
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crest11
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They Tried
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5/10/2008 7:27:00 AM
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A few years ago there was a small flat bottom boat that came in my slough every evening just about dark with 3 guys in it fishing. For 3 weeks you could set your clock by it. One friday morning I was sitting on the back deck and noticed something didnt look right on the pontoon boat so I walked down to the water , I was right, they had stolen the trolling motor . They didnt just steal it, they ripped it off the floor, trolling motor gone, huge hole in the front deck. All they had to do was unlatch it and go.I never seen that flat bottom boat with the 3 guys again. I think it would be a good idea to take note of suspicious boats like the one you mentioned and let everyone know so we could all be on the look out, kinda like the neighborhood watch thing.
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RhinoRider
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5/10/2008 2:12:17 PM
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The bad thing about is the unnecessary damage they cause. We are being much more cautious now. Like I posted a while ago, someone siphoned all the gas out of my searay sometime this spring. That was a risk I took leaving it full over the winter. However, they could have at least put the cap back on! Thankfully it was under a weather cover. This they had to have done on foot. The boat was under the carport. Brave and Stupid!
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