The saying goes, "Don't mess with Texas," and that seems to hold true for a San Antonio homeowner. 
 
 Ken Lamkin is getting back at the Grinch who stole his Christmas decor from his lawn southwest of the city. 
 
 "He was so slow and methodical, that's what reminded us of the story of the Grinch," he said. 
 
 Lamkin is shaming the guy who stole his fog machine and inflatable. 
 
 "It was 16 feet long and it's eight reindeer that were animated," he said. 
 
 The theft was caught on camera. It happened around 3 a.m. on Christmas Eve, and took about five minutes. It was later that day that Lamkin got an idea. 
 
 "And we ran over and made some black and white pictures and mounted them on some cardboard, and this is what you have: our new Grinch-themed Christmas," he said. 
 
 But he didn't stop there. He has a projector that is playing the theft in his front yard. 
 
 "It doesn't only show that we know who you are, but it is also to show that you can't take our Christmas," Lamkin said. "We are going to sit down here and hold hands, and we are going to sing and enjoy Christmas." 
 
 Lamkin said that he hopes the thief realizes that everyone still loves Christmas: 
 
 "Maybe your heart can grow 10 sizes today-and you can go around and return the stuff you took.” 
 
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 SAN ANTONIO (WOAI) - A homeowner along Luckey River on San Antonio’s southwest side is comparing what happened outside his home to something from “The Grinch.” 
 
 “Just like in the story 'The Grinch,' if his heart could grow 10 sizes, maybe he would not just bring our stuff back, maybe he'd bring everybody's stuff back,” said Ken Lamkin, the impacted homeowner. 
 
 Early on Christmas Eve, surveillance video captured someone stealing Christmas decorations outside Lamkin’s home. According to Lamkin, the thief stole about $400 worth of decorations. 
 
 "It reminded me of the movie 'The Grinch,' when the Grinch was going through town taking everybody's presents and decorations,” said Lamkin. "We're not going to let some Grinch steal our Christmas from us." 
 
 WOAI had to blur the crook’s face because of the ongoing investigation but Lamkin used it as inspiration. 
 
 "We printed up some posters, put them up on some poster board,” said Lamkin. “We wanted to keep it in the spirit of things, so we made it like a Christmas decoration.” 
 
 His home’s yard is now filled with six screenshot photos of the alleged suspect captured from a surveillance video. “The Grinch” song is also being played on repeat outside, while a projector screen shows the surveillance tape. 
 
 “We're going to watch this Grinch and just sit around and enjoy the night,” said Lamkin. 
 
 Whoever is responsible managed to get away, but Lamkin remains optimistic for his own storybook ending. 
 
 “Hopefully something will happen, and it will touch his heart, and he will change,” said Lamkin. “Maybe he'll return all of the things he has stolen, just like the Grinch did.”
– There's catching a thief on surveillance camera, and then there's this bizarre incident out of San Antonio, Texas. Homeowner Kan Lamkin woke on Christmas morning to discover that somebody had stolen his 16-foot inflatable reindeer-themed decoration, reports WFAA. The problem for the still-unidentified thief is that the whole 5-minute caper was caught on video. First, Lamkin made large black-and-white photos of the thief and mounted them on cardboard on his front lawn. Then he set up a projector and began replaying the theft over and over, set to a familiar holiday tune. "It reminded me of the movie the Grinch,' when the Grinch was going through town taking everybody's presents and decorations,” Lamkin tells News 4 San Antonio of that musical choice. "We're not going to let some Grinch steal our Christmas from us." So far, no arrests have been made, but Lamkin is holding out hope that the real-life Grinch will mimic his fictional counterpart and return everything he stole.