More Holiday Grinchesby Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger 21 Dec 2006 10:27 PM Okay, it's official---there are multiple grinches on the loose out there. In previous blogs I told you about the weirdo who stole a baby Jesus statute from a resident's nativity set and replaced it with a can of beer and the wackos who tried to set fire to a giant straw goat--central Sweden's official Christmas monument---but were foiled because it had been soaked with flame-resistant chemicals. Now, closer to home (within driving distance of my own backyard) some scrooge is chopping down Christmas trees in people's yards. It's hard to believe, but according to police, residents in Wisconsin are going out to run errands and coming home to find their favorite trees have been cut down and stolen. Not one, not two, but five different homes have been hit in the last week. One resident told police that she left home to pick up her kids from school, and when she returned she discovered someone had chopped down the family's beloved pine tree. "This was a special tree," she said. "My kids planted it from up north. It had a lot of meaning. It was a beautiful seven-foot tree, and now there's nothing but a stump." What's more, she says the tree thief was bold enough to chop down the pine in broad daylight. The person then dragged it through her neighbor's yard... and apparently no one saw a thing. Who could be so cruel? Local police say " 'tis the season for tree thieves" many who turn the residential pines into their own Christmas trees. In one case, officers say a homeowner reported that someone chopped down an eight-foot spruce from his back yard---but left the Christmas lights that adorned it lying on the ground. I live in Wisconsin and know that Christmas trees in this area of the country are not that expensive--believe me they are far cheaper than the fines you'd have to pay if you were caught chopping down someone else's tree. Related Articles: Real Life Christmas Grinches Part 2 "Santa" Gets Booted From Disney World Holiday Scrooges: No Santa For Kindergarteners And Problems For Pancake Lovers Have These Fictional Characters Influenced You? Learn more about Michele Cheplic  Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. Relevantpopular culture tags User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Community Tags Christmas grinch, Christmas Trees, grinch, trees, wacko Discuss this article
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