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Description of the actual tool theft.
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[[File:Tool_and_cannon.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Skule Cannon on the Waterloo Tool following the 1982 theft]] | [[File:Tool_and_cannon.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Skule Cannon on the Waterloo Tool following the 1982 theft]] | ||
[[File:Tool_bfc.jpg|200px|thumb|right|BFC poses with the Waterloo Tool]] | [[File:Tool_bfc.jpg|200px|thumb|right|BFC poses with the Waterloo Tool]] | ||
Following the Welcome Back Stag (a Waterloo social night to kick off the winter term), the Tool was driven back in a convoy of vehicles. However, the lead Tool Bearer made an unexpected stop | Following the Welcome Back Stag (a Waterloo social night to kick off the winter term), the Tool was driven back in a convoy of vehicles. However, the lead Tool Bearer made an unexpected stop for a sub sandwich before reaching their destination, leaving the Tool in a secluded parking lot, chained inside the trunk of his car, oblivious to dangers that lurked in the shadows. It was then that University of Toronto engineering students, armed with a set of four foot bolt cutters, went to work and freed the Tool from its bonds. | ||
The Tool was kept in secret by members of the [[Brute Force Committee]], who took numerous photos of the Tool, including one with the [[Skule Cannon]] placed on top of the Tool. | The Tool was kept in secret by members of the [[Brute Force Committee]], who took numerous photos of the Tool, including one with the [[Skule Cannon]] placed on top of the Tool. | ||