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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Worrying about thieves is nothing new for retail stores, but Outdoors Inc. thought its 6,000-pound, 30-foot-tall rock-climbing wall was safe. It wasn't.
Someone made off with the $30,000 wall used for rock-climber training.
"It's not like stealing a car or truck or something," said Lawrence Migliara, co-owner of the outdoor-equipment store. "It's going to be hard to conceal this thing."
The wall was snatched from a storage lot, apparently early Wednesday morning.
Outdoor Inc. rents the wall to organizers of outdoors events and festivals. The wall, painted gray to resemble rock, is dotted with raised handholds climbers hang on to.
Migliara said he spread the word about the missing wall to other outdoor equipment outlets and rock-climber groups. He got a phone tip that a truck carrying what might have been the wall was spotted on a highway near Little Rock, Ark.
"Someone's going to take it to Arkansas, put it in a barn and make it their own personal climbing wall," he said.
An employee with the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority had seen the wall near the airport earlier, but did not call police until he heard news it had been stolen.
"I thought it was kind of weird," David Sinclair said. "That's not something you see every day. But I didn't really think much about it until I learned it was stolen."
Migliara said Thursday that he had received a tip that the wall was spotted being towed on a highway near Little Rock, Ark., but it was unclear Friday if the wall ever made it outside Memphis.
The owner of an auto body shop near the airport also called police Friday.
"I think it's absolutely hilarious for somebody to steal that," Samuel Harston said. "My God, what were they going to do with it?"
Memphis police are investigating, but said they had no leads.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Worrying about thieves is nothing new for retail stores, but Outdoors Inc. thought its 6,000-pound, 30-foot-tall rock-climbing wall was safe. It wasn't.
Someone made off with the $30,000 wall used for rock-climber training.
"It's not like stealing a car or truck or something," said Lawrence Migliara, co-owner of the outdoor-equipment store. "It's going to be hard to conceal this thing."
The wall was snatched from a storage lot, apparently early Wednesday morning.
Outdoor Inc. rents the wall to organizers of outdoors events and festivals. The wall, painted gray to resemble rock, is dotted with raised handholds climbers hang on to.
Migliara said he spread the word about the missing wall to other outdoor equipment outlets and rock-climber groups. He got a phone tip that a truck carrying what might have been the wall was spotted on a highway near Little Rock, Ark.
"Someone's going to take it to Arkansas, put it in a barn and make it their own personal climbing wall," he said.
An employee with the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority had seen the wall near the airport earlier, but did not call police until he heard news it had been stolen.
"I thought it was kind of weird," David Sinclair said. "That's not something you see every day. But I didn't really think much about it until I learned it was stolen."
Migliara said Thursday that he had received a tip that the wall was spotted being towed on a highway near Little Rock, Ark., but it was unclear Friday if the wall ever made it outside Memphis.
The owner of an auto body shop near the airport also called police Friday.
"I think it's absolutely hilarious for somebody to steal that," Samuel Harston said. "My God, what were they going to do with it?"
Memphis police are investigating, but said they had no leads.
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