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Winston-Salem man believes foxes are thieves of missing newspapers

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Newspapers started to go missing in a Winston-Salem neighborhood, but neighbors believe they may have found the culprit.

James Eubanks said 10 of the missing newspapers ended up in his backyard one night.

The next day, he found nine phone books.

After discovering the newspapers and phone books, Eubanks decided to set up a night vision camera.

Eubanks caught the culprit on his camera.

A fox.

"It clearly shows him with a newspaper," Eubanks said. "I had no idea we were going to find foxes."

Eubanks believes there are at least three foxes roaming the neighborhood stealing papers.

He said the paper carriers tried to put them out of reach, but it didn't work.

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