Down in Darmstadt (a stone's throw from where I live).....they have the Darmstadt Waldfriedhof (the forest cemetery). It's fairly well known to the locals, and there mixed into the grounds....a couple of statues and monuments.
This week, the cops came up and announced that a robbery had occurred on the cemetery grounds. Back about thirty to forty years ago.....they laid three flat 'statues' to honor the victims of WW II from Darmstadt. Made out of bronze.....it's safe to say that each one of these flat statues weighed at least a thousand pounds...maybe even up to 1,500 pounds....EACH.
Someone had entered the grounds between 11 and 22 December, and simply walked out with the three statues.
When you consider the weight involved and the size....it would have required a pallet jack and at least two guys to load them up.....pull it to some parking lot....with a truck having some kind of lift on the rear.
Course, what would you do with three bronze statues? Melt them down, and then what? Or did they intend to use them somewhere else?
I suspect the cops are standing there and shaking their heads. This is not the kind of theft that you typically have to mess with. Cars make sense to steal. Motorcycles. Bikes. Jewelry. But statues?
Consequences? Well, the mayor says now that the cemetery has to be locked up in the late hours. No one says who will be doing the lock-up job. Course, then you have to worry.....will some late-walker get stuck in the locked up cemetery after the gates are closed?
Mafia theft? Young punks with time on their hands? Or just some crazy guy with an agenda? Well....it's hard to figure the strategy on this deal.
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