It wasn't a great Christmas morning for Edna Jackson, owner of Tails to Tell Animal Rescue Shelter in Crossfield.

Jackson's truck was stolen on December 25 while she was busy at the shelter.

According to Jackson, that morning a young man came to the door of the shelter claiming his truck had died and asking for booster cables. Jackson went to the back of the shelter where her truck was parked to see if she had any and returned empty handed. She placed her keys down by the phone while she called her husband, who informed her he had the booster cables. She relayed that information to the man, who said he had a cab waiting for him. He then left, returning shortly after. Jackson was busy giving medicine to some of the cats and told him to hold on and went to the back of the shelter.

When she came out, the man was gone and the supposed cab driver came in asking where the man had gone. Jackson said she thought the man had gone with the cab driver. The cab driver than left, returned saying the man had shafted him and never returned to the dead truck, and then left the shelter. Jackson went about her business when she got a funny feeling.

"All the sudden it's kind of like that spidey-sense is kicking in and I went, hmm, what did I do with my keys? So I came out, looked on the counter. No keys, and I went, oh crunch - a few other words. I ran to the back of the building here. Truck is gone, including the extension cord because I had it plugged in."

By 11:15am, Jackson reported the truck was stolen and contacted the RCMP. The Airdrie RCMP later took her statement.

Jackson said the truck was spotted once since it was stolen, when the man gassed and dashed..

"On Boxing Day, he stopped in at Copperfield gas bar down in southeast Calgary and filled up with one hundred dollars worth of gas and skedaddled."

Jackson said the truck is a 2008 stone grey Ford F-150 half tonne with a vanity license plate TLS2TL and another identifiable feature.

"The most distinguishing part of the whole thing is it has the logo 'Tails to Tell' on the back window, it fills the whole back window."

Jackson said the loss of the truck has caused some difficulty. If there is an emergency with one of the cats at the shelter, she is unable to take the animal to the vets without the truck.

 

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