[kitchen]

A nearby mountain pass has a pullout where people can park while telemarking or snowshoeing. Their idyllic silence was shattered when someone removed the catalytic converters from all the vehicles.

[jimtorr]

...someone removed the catalytic converters from all the vehicles.

This happened at a building I worked at ten years ago. The catalytic converter was cut off a jacked-up pickup truck on the outer edge of the parking lot. In broad daylight. I stood beside the truck, and I could see NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, MD, 250 yards away.

The deputy sheriff who responded said there was a theft ring operating in the area.