Miss Helen is a 40-centimeter-long gray horn shark. She spends her time in a touch tank at the San Antonio Aquarium, where visitors are permitted to touch sea creatures. On Saturday afternoon, a group of thieves took Helen out of the tank. Then, they put the animal in a wheeled baby carrier and walked out of the aquarium before anyone noticed Miss Helen was missing. The “great shark heist,” as people are calling it, was captured on surveillance video. The aquarium put the video on its Facebook page. The video shows one man taking the shark out of the tank and carrying it away, off camera. A second man follows him. He appears to be holding a blanket. The two men then reappear on the video. The second man is seen putting the shark -- now wrapped in a blanket -- into the baby stroller. He is then joined by the first man and by a woman carrying a young child. The group exits together. Aquarium workers quickly noticed that Miss Helen was missing, and called the police. On Monday night, police found Miss Helen in a home filled with fish tanks and other ocean wildlife. She has been safely returned to the aquarium and appears to be in good health.
