After weeks of missing milk deliveries, a homeowner finally caught the thief on camera — and it wasn’t who he expected.
Gordon Campbell, 42, who lives near Glasgow, Scotland, set up a security camera after bottles of milk repeatedly disappeared from his doorstep, news agency SWNS reported.
When he checked the footage, he discovered a young fox had been helping itself to the deliveries.
Video shows the animal trotting up the front steps, grabbing a glass bottle of milk in its mouth, knocking it over and carrying it away.
The mystery had been unfolding for about a month, Campbell told SWNS. At first, he suspected a person was responsible.
He even joked that the culprit might have been “a militant vegan” before discovering it was actually a fox.
“I didn’t really know exactly who would be doing it,” Campbell said. “I thought it was a person or an animal.”
“The magpies got the blame for a while, as they’re really smart birds, but I was thinking they probably wouldn’t have the strength to roll a bottle away.”
Determined to solve the mystery, Campbell set up what he described as a “sting” by placing a spare glass bottle filled with milk outside while positioning a camera to capture the culprit.
The plan worked within hours. Just after 2:30 a.m. on July 20, the fox appeared and took the bait.
“I just thought it was kind of hilarious that this… cute fox was popping up and taking it away,” Campbell said.
“All was forgiven when I saw its big ears and its wee face.”
Campbell had been receiving milk deliveries since the COVID-19 pandemic but temporarily stopped the service because of the repeated thefts, opting to buy milk at the grocery store instead, he said.
Now that he knows who’s been taking the bottles, Campbell said he may resume the deliveries but plans to leave a protective box outside, so the milk can be stored safely.
The fox wasn’t making its first appearance around the family’s home.
Just months earlier, Campbell’s cat, Bruce, chased another fox away after it tried to get into the house through the cat door.
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