Only in Mayberry

Another gem from my hometown newspaper, a resident of Mayberry reported that his PONDWATER had been stolen.   yes, my friends, PONDWATER.  The story goes on to say that, the day before, the resident had observed that his pond was full of water.  However, the next day the resident discovered a hole in his fence and the waterlevel in the pond was down almost 4 feet.  WHAT?   Who steals PONDWATER?  and how?  Wouldn’t that require a pump and a large tank?  Cmon if it were something that you could run a combustible engine on maybe I’d understand… but PONDWATER? EWWWWW  Has anyone checked with the local fire department?