LAWRENCE, Massachusetts (KTRK) -- People in Massachusetts say an unlikely critter is to blame for committing a serious crime.
Mark Paquette was watering the flowers at Bellevue Cemetery when he found flags missing from all of the veteran's graves.
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Paquette said he was upset and reported it to the grounds workers who replaced them.
But a few days later, the flags seemingly vanished across the entire cemetery.
Paquette reported the flag theft to police. But then, last Tuesday, a woman saw woodchucks stealing the flags a third time.
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"They saw the woodchuck jump up on a flag and pull it right out of the holder," Paquette said.
The man says he's glad it wasn't a cruel act of vandalism and just busy woodchucks.