A strangely large theftSourced
Dog food stolen:
23 short tons.
Over several months in 1977, bags of dog food vanished from a California feed store. The losses added up to about 21,000 kilograms, and the owners offered a reward for information on the thieves.
A bag at a time
became a truckload-scale mystery.
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