The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office in Blountville, Tennessee, is calling on the public to help locate two horses that were stolen from a stable on September 3rd.

The horses were taken on Seneker Lane by what is believed to be a white four-door Chevrolet or GMC pickup truck around 2 a.m.

Security footage captured a truck on Hobbs Hollow Road, and officials noted that it was last seen on J.H. Fauver Road, moving in the direction of Highway 11W.

Captain Richard Frazier from the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office provided descriptions of the horses and asked community members to contact the office if they have any information.

“The horses are Painted Tennessee Walkers,” Frazier stated. “They’re quite distinctive. We hope someone in the community might notice them and report back to us with any leads.”

The horses are valued between $5,000 – $10,000.

To owners Patsy and Lonnie Mullins, their horses, Midnight Waltz and Comanche, are worth so much more.

The Mullins are long-time horse lovers and got both horses as pets a few years back.

Patsy Mullins expressed, “We’ve always been horse lovers. Ever since we’ve been together, which has been quite some time. [Lonnie] grew up around horses, using them for various tasks at home. He’s devoted his life to working with horses.”

The couple views their horses as family members and mentioned that their two great-grandchildren cherish them. They find it difficult to inform the children that the horses are missing.

“They love the horses,” Mullins said. “They’ve grown up with them, and they know what they can do, and either great-grandchild can go into the stall and riding area with the horses. They were safe and the horses let anyone ride them.”

Mullins described the horses as gentle and sweet.

“They’re like our children,” she said. “To us, they’re no big horse. They’re just our babies.”

Mullins pleaded with the public and whoever took the horses to bring them back.

“We miss them,” she said. “Please, please let us have them back. I would pay the people that took them if they brought them back. I know it sounds silly, but I’d pay them because I know that’s why they took them, to sell them. If we could only get them back.”

The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office urges anyone with any information regarding the horses’ whereabouts to contact them at 423-279-7331.