Thieves steal boat fuel
The one that got away isn’t a fish at the Lone Pine Inn on Madison Lake near Mankato. It’s a gasoline thief.
Angler Curt Schueneman says the fuel from his boat and others has been stolen twice this summer, most recently on Sunday night.
He suspects the thieves, or thief, is coming in from the lake late at night and siphoning gas to use in their own boat.
He thinks that because if the thieves drove up the gravel road to the lodge, someone would hear them. And since boat fuel is a mixture of gasoline and oil, it can’t be used in cars and trucks.
Sheriff’s Deputy Rich Murry says there haven’t been other reports of fuel thefts on Blue Earth County lakes.
Schueneman says that until the thefts stop, he’s planning to keep locking his fuel tank up in his shed when he’s done fishing.
Source: The Free Press
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