Here is another example of doings in Lumberton, NC -- it happened on my mother's property. I thought about it last night.
My uncle (mom's brother) came to visit a couple of days with my mom just to spend a little time with her, and he had a bit of business to do in Lumberton. This was about 15 years ago. He was from a teeny little town in Robeson County named Lumber Bridge (pop. 94 -- yes, ninety-four).
He parked his well-cared-for 3-year-old utility truck behind my mom's car which was in the carport -- so the truck was sitting in the driveway of her house. It was (is still) a nice neighborhood with upper-middle-class homes; big lots with well-kept landscaping, etc., etc.
When my Uncle Tommy went outside the morning after he arrived at her house, his prized truck was GONE. He had not been at that location even 24 hours. He called LE, they came, took a report which would go on an automobile theft alert, and said that a lot of trucks were disappearing from Lumberton homes. Of course, Tommy never saw his truck again.
There ya go.
