GPS helps owners retrieve giant Frankenstein from thieves

PAE IS HERE WITH HIS UNCONVENTIONAL METHOD.

CHRISTINE: IT'S A REALITY FOR LOTS OF BUSINESSES THESE DAYS, HAVING TO DEAL WITH BREAK-INS AND THEFT.

BUT A HALLOWEEN POP-UP STORE OWNER USED A GPS TO TRACK DOWN WHAT HE CALLS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE ITEMS AT HIS STOR >> IT IS A MONSTER SALE OVER HERE AT SPIRIT HALLOWEEN, EVERYTHING IS 50% OFF.

CHRISTINE: IT'S THE FESTIVE DECORATION YOU MIGHT HAVE PASSED BY, AT COTTONWOOD MALL.

TO US, IT'S JUST ANOTHER INFLATABLE ADVERTISEMENT, BUT TO CHRIS SCOTT, IT'S A HALLMARK OF HIS FAMILY BUSINESS.

>> THIS FRANKENSTEIN HAS BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR 24 YEARS.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN WITH US SINCE WE STARTED THIS BUSINESS.

CHRISTINE: SOMEONE ELSE THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY COOL TOO.

SCOTT CLAIMS SOMEONE STOLE IT FROM HIS STORE FRONT BUT HE GOT IT BACK, THANKS TO THIS.

>> I WOULDN'T THINK THAT DECORATION SHOULD NEED TO BE TRACKED BY GPS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN, THAT'S JUST THE WAY WE HAVE TO OPERATE.

CHRISTINE: IT'S A MOVE HE'S HAD TO MAKE SINCE SHOPLIFTING AT HIS STORE HAS SKYROCKETED IN RECENT YEARS.

>> IT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS WHEN YOU HAVE TO PUT A GPS TRACKER INSIDE OF AN INFLATABLE FRANKENSTEIN.

CHRISTINE: IT PAID OFF.

SCOTT FOLLOWED A GPS PING WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN IT STARTED MOVING TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

>> I INSTANTLY STARTED DRIVING TOWARD THAT TARGET AND IT WOUND UP BEING IN A GATED COMMUNITY IN RIO RANCHO, CABEZON NEIGHBORHOOD.

CHRISTINE: POLICE EVENTUALLY HELPING SCOTT TO GET THE INFLATABLE BACK TO ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE.

>> OH WE'RE THRILLED TO GET IT BACK.

FRANKENSTEIN IS PART OF OUR FAMILY.

CHRISTINE: I CHECKED WITH RIO RANCHO POLICE ABOUT THIS.

Source: Youtube