Thieving delinquent nephews steal coveted can collection, guy threatens to call police when they won't pay him back

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Nov 26, 2022 1:00 PM EST

Isn't family wonderful? While some of us are busy brawling at the family Thanksgiving dinner, other families have resorted to stealing collections of cans valued at around $200.

This uncle arrived home and noticed that his shed had been broken into, the only thing that was missing was hundreds of empty soda cans that he kept in massive bags in the shed. He had been collecting these with the intention of eventually turning them into the recycling plant to collect their bounty — just your regular soda-drinking Boba Fett.

The cans were gone, but the uncle had plenty to go off of to unravel this mystery — he put on his Sherlock Holmes hat and Hardy Boys sweater and set to work.

It didn't take him long to realize that the glass window had actually been broken from the insi— wait — wrong plotline. Luckily this mystery was easy to solve, the idiots had broken into the shed in clear view of his security cameras and without wearing any disguises. The culprits were easily identifiable because, well, they were his nephews.

When confronted, his sister (their mother) and her husband refused to pay up, so it was time to get the police involved.

Keep reading for the original story as shared by Redditor u/Yam-Throwaway. For more family AITA drama, check out this guy who realized his cousin had made him out to be a villain in their shady self-help book.