A bicycle stolen from outside Tim Hortons restaurant in Lake Cowichan has been found and returned to its owner.
The owner of the bicycle, Carter Allan, had his BMX stolen in the evening of Tuesday, March 11 after entering Tim Hortons and leaving the bike outside leaning against the building.
Nevertheless, the bike was found by two youngsters much to the joy of Carter and his mom Denise.
“It has been returned and we’re very happy,” said Denise. “Two young kids, about 10-years-old, found it in behind the Riverside Inn building next to the propane tanks there. It was found last Monday about dinner time. They then took it over to Tim Hortons and the restaurant called us.
Carter, 16, also works at the Tim Hortons in town.
Much to mom Denise’s amazement, no damage has been done to the bike since it was stolen.
“There is nothing wrong with it and no damage done to it since it was taken,” she said. “It’s suspicious for sure but we don’t really care, we’re just so pleased the bike is perfectly fine and it’s really awesome it got returned.”
Mom Denise believes the whole scenario may have just been “a practical joke gone too far” with the bike being found in a location very close to where it had been stolen from, that apparently Carter, his friends and the Lake Cowichan RCMP had already looked at.
“The police still want to look at the video footage from Tim Hortons to see if they can find or see anybody. They did do a walk-about the night it was stolen.”
