Alberta man offers $500 reward for stolen outhouse

An Alberta man is perplexed after thieves made off with a large outhouse from his farm near Edmonton but he doesn't plan to take the crime sitting down.

I think at least four to six guys had to come here to do this two guys? No way they could do this, said Randy Nemirsky, as he stood at the edge of the hole where the outhouse used to stand.

The farm near Lamont, about 60 kilometres east of Edmonton, has been in the family for nearly 90 years. Last summer Nemirsky and his son Nick tore down the original outhouse, which had been built in 1936, and rebuilt it.

We planned this summer to rebuild the old outhouse there and we dug the hole and it was a whole summer project.

The new structure was meant to be a major improvement to the farm and was finished in August. But when the family returned to the property in the fall, they found the outhouse missing, with the hole in the ground and a few scattered boards as the only sign anything had stood there.

I got a phone call [from Nick] He said, 'The outhouse is missing,'" said Nemirsky.

I said, 'What?'

He says the outhouse wasnt just a flimsy structure it was bolted to the ground and weighed between 350 and 450 kilograms. A large picnic table was also taken.

Nemirsky says while the theft may be unusual, its not a laughing matter. Between building, painting and siding the outhouse, he suspects he's out about $1,000.

You spent time building it, and where do you go now?

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Alberta man offers $500 reward for stolen outhouse