'Enough!': Beloved Rams Blowup Snatched From Malibu

MALIBU, CA — A beloved Rams blowup was snatched from outside the Whole Foods shopping center in Malibu overnight, and the owner told Patch he is willing to pay to get it back.

The light-up Ram was taken from the shopping center around 2:45 a.m. Tuesday, according to Steve Soboroff, owner of the shopping center.

Soboroff told Patch he did not file an official report with authorities. The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's Lost Hills station confirmed it received no report of the incident.

Instead, Soboroff plans to offer a $100 cash reward or a gift certificate to Howdy's restaurant in the shopping center for the missing Ram, and he wanted to share a message with the public.

"I'm filing an informal [public] 'life-lesson' complaint to the kids to do something better with their lives and to their parents for not letting these little brats take their $100,000 cars out on joy rides at 2 in the morning," Soboroff said. He added: "Come on parents, enough!"

Soboroff checked the shopping center's security footage Tuesday morning as soon as he noticed the Ram was gone. At around 2:45 a.m., he saw what looked like four young people stuffing the Ram into a Tesla, he said.

Images from the security cameras showed multiple people taking pictures and messing with the Ram near a car, although it's not clear from the photos whether the car is a Tesla. One person is wearing an Off-White hoodie, which sells to the tune of over $600, according to the Off-White website.

Soboroff said he put up the blowup mascot in honor of Sunday's Super Bowl and for Rams owner and Malibu resident Stan Kroenke, who frequents Howdy's. Shopping center visitors fell in love with the blowup, constantly stopping to take pictures with the Ram and show some Los Angeles pride, he said.

"Hopefully, these kids will do something else with their time ...," Soboroff said. "[There are a] lot of people that need help these days."