Someone Stole a Family Cabin From Its Foundation

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This really is a home away from home.

A Washington state family visited their vacation cabin in the woods on Tuesday — only to find their beloved getaway gone. In the last two weeks, someone managed to pry the 10-by-20-foot structure from its foundation, leaving behind only the cement blocks, the family said Wednesday.

“We walked up to the gate and it had been cut. Drove up to (the cabin) expecting it to maybe be broken windows, maybe a little vandalism, something stolen from the front of it,” Chris Hempel, the owner, told NBC affiliate KHQ in Spokane. “We walked…

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