Having lunch on Clearwater Beach in Florida, a gull flew down and knocked my big juicy sandwich out of my hand, and within ten seconds a flock of other gulls had swooped down and scooped up all the fixings and flown off with them. Then some locals told me the gulls make a regular practice of this violent theft.
The Scientologists who "own" (who would like to) Clearwater are more crafty at it.