(Live Leak link)
Charles McCowan parked his truck in front of a convenience store, leaving his dog Max inside. When he came out, the truck was gone! McCowan called police to report the theft. Officers found the truck in a parking lot across the street with the 80-pound boxer still inside. Security video shows the car had rolled backwards across five lanes of traffic! Apparently, Max had knocked the truck out of gear. Link -via Arbroath
The reported implies that the police discovered the truck across the street after looking at the security tapes. Nowhere does she report that they found the truck first. So, which story do we believe, the one in the video, or the one in the linked page? I only saw the video.
In my comment, I wondered why the truck owner did not look around the neighbourhood a little while waiting for the police. That point is still valid.
Just leaving it in gear isn't enough.