Former 'MythBusters' host living in San Francisco keeps getting his stuff stolen

Former "MythBusters" host Adam Savage said someone stole his Toyota Land Cruiser, only for the thief to get it stuck in the mud. Former "MythBusters" host Adam Savage said someone stole his Toyota Land Cruiser, only for the thief to get it stuck in the mud. Photo: Adam Savage Photo: Adam Savage Image 1 of / 14 Caption Close Former 'MythBusters' host living in San Francisco keeps getting his stuff stolen 1 / 14 Back to Gallery

Former "MythBusters" host Adam Savage currently lives in San Francisco and cannot seem to catch a break when it comes to having his stuff stolen.

In September, Savage said someone broke into his Toyota Land Cruiser and stole the whip from the show's Indiana Jones-themed episode. On Saturday morning, Savage said someone stole the Land Cruiser itself.

"I’ve been parking it in the Mission for more than a decade," Savage told SFGate. "To have two incidents in less than three months, it makes me think someone is sweet on my car.”

Savage said he discovered the vehicle was missing at 7 a.m., and went to file a police report. Just five minutes later, he was informed that his car was found.

"I return home and the doorbell rings they found it!" Savage wrote on social media. "Weirdly in my old neighborhood. They’d got it stuck in the mud. Idiots. They tried winching it out (using a bush) to no avail. Then they TOOK THE WINCH CONTROLLER WITH THEM. What monster would do THAT? Waiting now for special tow truck and then we’ll head back home again. Time to install some hidden security features. Next project!!"

...winching it out (using a bush) to no avail. Then they TOOK THE WINCH CONTROLLER WITH THEM. What monster would do THAT? Waiting now for special tow truck and then we’ll head back home again. Time to install some hidden security features. Next project!! pic.twitter.com/ea3VrJQboJ — Adam Savage (@donttrythis) December 28, 2019

Savage shared images of the old Land Cruiser that was indeed stuck in the mud, and also clarified that he will not be installing any "traps" in the car, just stronger locks and an engine cut-off switch. The first tow truck sent to retrieve the Land Cruiser ended up getting stuck in the mud, but a second tow truck was able to get the first one out.

He said a neighbor told him the person who hot-wired his car was a "skinny white dude wearing a beanie," and also seemed "not right."

"One of the neighbors spoke to the suspect and said he didn’t sound right — he sounded ‘tweaked’ as she put it," Savage said. "He had a winch cable wrapped around a bush but wasn’t able to do anything with it."

The neighbors heard the disturbance after the car got stuck in the mud between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m., and called the police not long after. Savage said he doesn't keep any valuables in the car anymore following the whip incident, but everything else in the car was taken.

"I had some little doodads in there, but everything is gone; although he did leave a bottle of bear repellent spray," Savage said. "I have no idea why."

Despite the two thefts, Savage doesn't believe they're indicative of a "larger crime wave."

"I don’t think it’s indicative of any specific crime wave or crime rate, it’s not a car that [other] people are stealing," he said. "It's hard to move, hard to sell, and anyone you’d take it to would know it was mine after a social media campaign. I think it was an isolated outlying incident."

Eric Ting is an SFGATE digital reporter. Email: eric.ting@sfgate.com | Twitter:@_ericting