Pool and water stolen from New Jersey yard

[Locksmith]

This from today's SOTT news items:

http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/137181-Pool+and+water+stolen+from+New+Jersey+yard

Someone stole 1,000 gallons of water from Daisy Valdivia's backyard. And they didn't spill a drop.

Valdivia woke Wednesday morning to find that her family's inflatable pool, hip high and 10 feet in diameter and filled with water, was stolen from her backyard in the middle of the night. There is no evidence that the water was poured out, pumped out, evaporated or drunk.

It is from the Bergen Record replete with a picture of the victim of this crime and the actual scene. It appears to be a legitimate news story, and piqued my curiosity as to how about 8,330 pounds of water in a fairly flimsy plastic/rubber container could go missing without a residual trace or much noise. My imagination started into high gear. Was it like Scotty working so very hard to beam up those two whales and their seawater in a Star Trek sequel? Is it something out of Area 51 showing the Jersey mob just who's who by heisting something like this? I don't know.

How was this feat accomplished? I would appreciate any suggestions from others as to whodunnit, and how.

 

[Mike]

Your the Locksmith, you tell us. Sorry hard to resist.

Seriously, mind boggler especially if the story is accurate that no traces of water dumping were found. Maybe they pumped it out, but then noise might be a factor. The article metioned it and definitely strange that all the other stuff was left alone (BBQ, etc).

Mike

 

[wodasi]

I know there is a thread for Sylvia Brown but as
I said my girlfriend watches nearly all the
Montel Williams shows with Sylvia and
a woman ( I think from Texas) asked where
did the water go from her large pool and Sylvia
said aliens took it. That was it and went on to the
next question.

 

[Alana]

Sylvia said aliens took it

a. because that's what the voices told her to say!
b. because they wanted that water specificaly! (higher orders)
c. because it's the answer that makes more sense!

:P

Jokes aside, it's a very bizare story. I wonder if we'll ever find out what really happened...

 

[Iconoclast]

to me this story sounds like something out of Morris K. Jessup's 'The Case for the UFO'

 

[Locksmith]

Your the Locksmith, you tell us.

Yeah, wouldn't you think that with a handle like mine I should be able to solve it in a jiffy. All I can say is that being so new here I've put all my skeleton and master keys on training rings. ;)

... it's a very bizare story. I wonder if we'll ever find out what really happened...

It is a bizarre story, and I am going to try to specifically watch daily for new reports in the Bergen Record, as well as for other similar news stories. The following is a follow up report from yesterday --

http://www.bergenrecord.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTc0MzY3

Watery mystery gets deeper and deeper
Friday, July 27, 2007

(snip)
But what was so mysterious about it depended on whom you asked.

(snip)
... private investigator Sam Goow pondered another mystery: whether the pool was stolen at all.

(snip)
Officials at the Passaic Valley Water Commission had gone home by the time a reporter called to ask whether they had records to prove Valdivia had filled the pool.

(snip)
Most psychics worth their salt would have to visit the scene to pick up the energies there and get a sense of what may have happened, said Sandi Liss, owner of the Soul Journey Metaphysical bookstore in Butler.

(snip)
Clifton's deputy fire chief, offered his pet theory. Lyons suggested that the criminals could have used a ¼ horsepower electrical sump pump to empty the pool. He guessed that the thieves could have run a garden hose from the pool into the sewer in the street.

(snip)


The sleuths are getting busy on this one. But, I think we have better sleuths here at SOTT. Come on, help out on this one with more possibilities. Maybe we will have a rational answer to this soon, and again maybe not.

My first impression of the pool owner, Daisy, is that she is honest. And, why would the family want to bring embarrassment on themselves with 3 little children. I know people have done much more crazy things to themselves than this.

I'm still in the dark but leaning to my theory of Area 51, euphemistically, involvement.

 

[mugacoffee]

Well, if there was any water in the pool to begin with then the only other means I can think of was a water pump. Maybe a disgruntled neighbour fed up with noisy kids took his revenge. And finding evidence that it wasnt pumped out is kinda hard, I'd of thought. Also i think its gonna be a hard one to solve without visiting the scene of the crime.

Jamie

 

[Laura]

Yes, it could have been pumped or siphoned. We don't know the lay of the land and what surrounds the property so we really can't make good assessments. I doubt aliens would go for so small an amount of water. The pranksters didn't go after a bigger pool because it would take too long to empty it.

 

[mudrabbit]

It was a plastic, blow up pool?
All one has to do to empty one is open the stoppers for the air, and step on the side and let the water run out. If she's living over pourous ground, it would make sense that the water would dissappear into the ground after a couple of hours. From the looks of the picture, either they let the water run over the side or she had a leak. There's a wet ring where it stood.

I used to keep those pools for my son. It's not that difficult to empty them and roll up the plastic.

Peg

[edit] Thinking back, and if I remember correctly, it takes about 10 minutes at most to empty and roll up one of those plastic blow up pools.

 

[Laura]

It wasn't just a plastic blow-up job. In the article, it tells us it was 10 feet in diameter and had over 1,000 gallons of water. So, not so simple when the data is considered. But still, it could have been siphoned away from the spot.