A customer at the Dymocks store in remote Alice Springs raised the alarm after noticing a man walk in off the street and begin writing in several books, manager Bev Ellis told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.



"As the owner of a bookshop, when you see someone writing in one of your books you get a bit toey [touchy]," Ms Ellis said.



"So we immediately ran to the books and lo-and-behold here was the signature in several books.



"We sort of spun around on our heels, [saying] 'where did he go, where did he go'?"