An Oregon man’s home was robbed by almost all his important possessions after a hoaxer had posted an ad on the popular advertisements web site, Craigslist.org. The hoaxer impersonating the man posted two ads on the web site in which he said that he had had to leave the town suddenly and that he allowed any interested person to come and pick up his stuff, including even his horse!

And it seems that people’s greed is bigger than their rationality. Lots of men and women came with trucks and cars to help themselves to the man’s stuff.

Robert Salisbury is an independent contractor from Oregon. On Saturday afternoon, while he was away from home, he was surprised to find out that a woman wanted to pick up his abandoned horse, according to an ad the woman claimed to have read on Craigslist.org. But the ad said that the animal was in poor condition, which contrasted to the reality, and the woman decided to call Salisbury. Thus, the man found out about what it proved to be a hoax and hurried up home to stop the daylight robbery.

Salisbury eventually called the Jackson County sheriff’s office, although most of his stuff was already gone in some other people’s trucks. Jackson County Sgt. Colin Fagan asked the people that took parts of Salisbury’s stuff to give back everything they took or face prosecution.

Meanwhile, the police are trying to identify the person that started everything: the hoaxer.