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* ''[[Cracked.com]]'' has [http://www.cracked.com/article_17090_wheres-bridge-7-biggest-things-ever-stolen.html the 7 biggest things ever stolen.]
* Police in Jamaica have been baffled by a beach theft. What was stolen? It wasn't some random beachgoer's valuables, and it wasn't some easily-resalable asset. It was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7678379.stm the beach itself.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080611153251/http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=100140&in_page_id=2 Bridge outside Cheb, Czech Republic, discovered missing]. Fifth such bridge to disappear in East Europe in last year. Reward offered. Culprit may also be hiding other bridges from [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=9004439 New Zealand or Poland].
** It's contagious. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/07/pennsylvania-bridge-theft_n_1001124.html A bridge also went missing] in North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania. A story just about made for [http://www.youtube.com/user/TVsCraigFerguson?blend=1&ob=5#p/c/0EE4FC52DD92F112/0/eXfYPIw_iwQ late night comedy].
* Making a large monument disappear tends to be a standard illusion for television specials. This is almost always done by {{spoiler|moving the camera.}}
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