it s something straight out of the movies, like this scene from ocean s 12. the motion detectors at the gardner museum were not nearly as complicated as that. still, the thieves did seem to know how to evade them. but another question emerges, why would they bother doing so only in the blue room where just one painting was stolen. unless they weren t the ones who actually took the manet out of the blue room that night. the thieves made off with the printed records of the motion detectors, though they left the computer which saved all of the information on its hard drive intact. meanwhile, all of this time, rick abath is waiting in the pitch dark, scared to pieces in the museum basement. as he waited for something to happen next, he suddenly realized someone was staring at him. either through sweating or struggling or both, at some
in tact. meanwhile, all of this time, rik abbot is waiting in the pitch dark, scared to pieces in the museum basement. as he waited for something to happen next, he suddenly realized someone was staring at him. either through sweating or struggling or both, at some point, the duct tape had slipped down. so i could see a little bit over the duct tape, kind of. and at one point, somebody did come and check on me. somebody was standing on the end looking down at me. they didn t say anything and i it spiked me up again, i was freaking out again. but trying not to, like, oh, my god, i have to pretend i can t see this person. that would definitely not be good if they realized i could see them. reporter: rick says he lost track of time and wasn t sure exactly when the thief came to check on him. that was the last he d see of them. their job was done. but remember the video camera perched outside the door where
information on its hard drive intact. meanwhile, all of this time, rick abath is waiting in the pitch dark, scared to pieces in the museum basement. as he waited for something to happen next, he suddenly realized someone was staring at him. either through sweating or struggling or both, at some point, the duct tape had slipped down. so i could see a little bit over the duct tape, kind of. and at one point, somebody did come and check on me. somebody was standing on the end looking down at me. they didn t say anything and i it spiked me up again, i was freaking out again. but trying not to, like, oh, my god, i have to pretend i can t see this person. that would definitely not be good if they realized i could see them. rick says he had lost track of time and wasn t sure exactly when the thief came to check on him. that was the last he d see of them. their job was done. but remember the video camera perched outside the door where
abbot is waiting in the pitch dark, scared to pieces in the museum basement. as he waited for something to happen next, he suddenly realized someone was staring at him. either through sweating or struggling or both, at some point, the duct tape had slipped down. so i could see a little bit over the duct tape, kind of. and at one point, somebody did come and check on me. somebody was standing on the end looking down at me. they didn t say anything and i it spiked me up again, i was freaking out again. but trying not to, like, oh, my god, i have to pretend i can t see this person. that would definitely not be good if they realized i could see them. reporter: rick says he lost track of time and wasn t sure exactly when the thief came to check on him. that was the last he d see of them. their job was done. but remember the video camera perched outside the door where they entered? the thieves must have known it
information on the hard drive, in tact. meanwhile, all of this time, rik abbot is waiting in the pitch dark, scared to pieces in the museum basement. as he waited for something to happen next, he suddenly realized someone was staring at him. either through sweating or struggling or both, at some point, the duct tape had slipped down. so i could see a little bit over the duct tape, kind of. and at one point, somebody did come and check on me. somebody was standing on the end looking down at me. they didn t say anything and i it spiked me up again, i was freaking out again. but trying not to, like, oh, my god, i have to pretend i can t see this person. that would definitely not be good if they realized i could see them. reporter: rick says he lost track of time and wasn t sure exactly when the thief came to check on him. that was the last he d see of them. their job was done. but remember the video camera perched outside the door where