NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A hidden camera sting caught more than a Cypress homeowner expected when he hoped to catch the vandal that kept cutting his Christmas lights.
"We put up our Christmas lights right after Thanksgiving. After they were up a few days, we woke up and noticed they were cut," said Brett Mosser.
For days, Mosser was under the impression that a grinch had made its way to his home and was cutting his Christmas lights.
The homeowner even showed Local 2 pictures of his wife holding one of the snipped wires -- from the family's elaborate outdoor holiday display.
"I repaired them, thinking it was a one time deal. But it kept happening. It happened five times in a week," said Mosser.
Upset that someone could do something this ungodly, the church pastor enlisted the help of a friend because, he said, he was determined to catch the culprit.
"We were setting up cameras and we weren't watching 20 or 30 minutes and we noticed something scurrying on the ground," said Mosser.
The so-called vandal: a furry rabbit.
"The best part of it, was this was, 'Oh good, this wasn't a human.' I had been thinking, 'Who could be this mean?'" said Mosser.
A lesson, Mosser said, he didn't take for granted, especially because he knows that it's never good to make assumptions.
"We were all determined to catch this person. and I think God has a sense of humor," said Mosser.