Fox caught on camera stealing Glasgow milk deliveries, homeowner had blamed 'militant vegan'
A security camera set up outside a home near Glasgow, Scotland, ended a month-long milk theft mystery for Gordon Campbell, 42, and the culprit was a young fox rather than the person Campbell initially suspected.…
Key takeaways
- A security camera revealed that a young fox, not a person, was behind a month of milk thefts at Gordon Campbell's home near Glasgow, Scotland.
- Campbell, 42, had jokingly suspected a 'militant vegan' before the footage captured the fox just after 2:30 a.m. on July 20.
- The camera showed the fox trotting up the front steps, grabbing a glass milk bottle in its mouth, knocking it over, and carrying it away.
- Campbell suspended his doorstep milk delivery service and has been buying milk at the grocery store instead.
- He says he may restart deliveries with a protective storage box outside the door to keep bottles safe.
A security camera set up outside a home near Glasgow, Scotland, ended a month-long milk theft mystery for Gordon Campbell, 42, and the culprit was a young fox rather than the person Campbell initially suspected. Campbell told news agency SWNS he had joked the thief might be "a militant vegan" before the footage captured the real answer just after 2:30 a.m. on July 20. He has since suspended his milk delivery service while he figures out a way to protect future bottles.
The missing deliveries
Campbell had been receiving doorstep milk deliveries since the COVID-19 pandemic. When bottles started disappearing repeatedly, he ran through possible suspects. Magpies attracted suspicion for a stretch. They are, as Campbell told SWNS, "really smart birds," though he reasoned they probably lacked the strength to roll a glass bottle away. A person seemed the more logical explanation, which is what drove the "militant vegan" theory.
After about a month of losses, Campbell decided to set a trap. He placed a spare glass bottle filled with milk on the front steps and positioned a camera to capture whatever came for it. The plan worked within hours.
What the footage showed
Just after 2:30 a.m. on July 20, the fox appeared. The camera caught it trotting up the front steps, grabbing the glass bottle in its mouth, knocking it over, and carrying it away. Campbell told SWNS the discovery struck him as "kind of hilarious," and the sight of the fox's large ears and small face was enough to earn his forgiveness. "All was forgiven when I saw its big ears and its wee face," he said.
What changes now
Campbell stopped his delivery service after the thefts began and has been buying milk at the grocery store. With the mystery resolved, he says he may restart deliveries, this time with a protective storage box outside the door so bottles have somewhere safe to sit.
The fox at the center of the case is not the first to test the Campbell household. Months earlier, Campbell's cat, Bruce, drove off another fox that had tried to enter through the cat door.
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