Stolen Ice Shanty

This morning Tyler left to meet up with his co-workers Bob and Trevor to take the ice shanty off of Lake Memphremagog. Upon arriving, however, he discovered that it was gone.

You may remember that just this Tuesday Tyler and I pulled the shanty over to the cove near the access ramp so that it would be easier to remove today. There were several other shacks there waiting to be removed, and we'd never heard of a shanty being stolen, so we felt confident that it would still be there.

Upon further investigation Tyler learned that our old landlord, Tom, had seen the shanty as recently as yesterday afternoon when he was walking the dog and saw that it was still there. Another fisherman said that he saw a group of men removing a shanty - similar in description and location to ours - just last night at dusk.

We've filed a police report and contacted Border Patrol (the access is near where we used to live on the Canadian border which is actively patrolled by them) and the local Game Warden. We are debating putting ads in the Chronicle and Newport Daily to see if anyone has seen or heard anything.

It's been a sad afternoon. Tyler invested about $400 into materials for the construction of the shanty and had at least another $400 in material donated to him. Besides that, Tyler spent HOURS building the ice shack. I'm sure we'll never see it again, and it is unnerving to think that there are people in our town who would even do such a thing.