Four-legged thief leaves family turkeyless on Thanksgiving

By KXLY Staff

Summary

The victims reported that the bird had been set out to thaw when the thief took the turkey and ran.

Story Published: Nov 27, 2009 at 11:20 AM PST

Story Updated: Nov 27, 2009 at 11:30 AM PST

Four-legged thief leaves family turkeyless on Thanksgiving
POST FALLS, Idaho -- The sneaky work of a four-legged thief left one local family without a turkey on Thanksgiving.

The victims reported that the bird had been set out to thaw when the thief took the turkey and ran.

A brazen thief was caught red-handed by a neighbor but there was little that could be done to stop him.

Erik Ator was leaving a local gym on Thursday morning when he spotted the thief clenching a wrapped, uncooked turkey in its jaw, and running down the street. Ator managed to snag a couple photos of the yellow Labrador-Retriever mix as it fled down the street.

The woman who had purchased the turkey is seven and a half months pregnant. She said she and her husband spent their last $25 on the free-range turkey.

But all was not lost, thanks to generous neighbors who provided the couple with a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner.

Despite widespread publicity of the case - both locally and nationally, the whereabouts of the thief could not be determined.

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