Well howdy there, fine folks! Howe Weird here, ready to share another head-scratcher from the wide world. Grab yourself a sweet tea, or maybe a strong cup of coffee, because this one’s got a bit of a kick to it.
Now, we’ve all heard tales of folks pilfering a little something here or there. Maybe a candy bar from the general store back in the day, or perhaps a garden gnome that wandered off someone’s lawn. But what if I told you about a fella who decided he didn’t just want an item *from* a store… he wanted the whole darn store?
That’s right, an entire building. Down in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, deputies with the Sheriff’s Office got themselves a call about a missing building. Not just a missing person, mind you, but a whole structure! Can you imagine rolling up to where a business used to be, only to find nothing but an empty spot where the foundation sat? It’s enough to make you scratch your head and wonder if you need to check your own eyeglasses.
Turns out, this wasn’t some magic trick or a local tornado that had a particular taste for retail. This was a case of good old-fashioned grand larceny, though the ‘old-fashioned’ part is debatable when it comes to stealing an entire commercial property. The building in question was a Radio Shack (paid link). Now, I remember a time when Radio Shack (paid link) was the place to go if you needed a new antenna for your rabbit ears, or maybe some obscure electronic component for a tinkering project. You could wander through those aisles, imagining all the things you could build with a few wires and a soldering iron. Who knew someone would want to *collect* the whole store?
According to the deputies, this resourceful, or perhaps just plain bold, Oklahoma man didn’t use a magic wand. He used something a bit more substantial: a truck and a trailer. He managed to move that prefabricated building right off its foundation. Think about the planning involved there! You don’t just wake up one morning and decide to hitch up a building without a little bit of forethought. Or maybe he did, and that’s the truly weird part.
Well, his grand plan, literally, didn’t quite pan out in the long run. After the building was reported stolen, deputies got to work, and before you could say ‘where’s my walkie-talkie?’, the man was arrested and charged with grand larceny. And don’t you worry, the building itself was later recovered. I reckon it’s hard to hide a whole retail store in your backyard without someone noticing.
So, next time you’re thinking about picking up a few things, maybe just stick to the shopping cart, alright? Moving an entire store seems like a lot of heavy lifting for a few spare parts. Makes you wonder what was really on his shopping list that day!
That’s our tale for today, folks. Stay weird, and we’ll catch you next time.
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Original story from: KJRH.com