The men walked in the middle of the street, Bob Emmell in front of them and stopped two sledders and stole both of their snowmobiles, the three men fled to a nearby town, now apart of the McGarry township, Kearns and up the hill towards the Quebec border, it is speculated that the thieves took a detour into the woods to avoid detection from the police that were coming from Rouyn-Noranda.