Four masked intruders, two of them reportedly carrying knives, broke into Marvel star Chris Hemsworth’s estate in Byron Bay, Australia, in the early hours of Wednesday, November 11, and drove off in three of the family’s vehicles, Australian media reported.
Hemsworth’s wife, actress Elsa Pataky, was at the property at the time. According to 7NEWS, she was woken around 2 a.m. by the family’s dogs barking but, unaware that intruders had entered the property, went back to sleep.
It wasn’t until the following morning that she checked the security cameras and discovered footage of four men wearing balaclavas, two of whom appeared to be carrying knives. She then contacted police.
“Officers attended and were told four unknown people had entered the property and stolen three vehicles earlier that day,” police said in a statement reported by 7NEWS.
The intruders reportedly scaled the estate’s secure front fence before entering the garage, where the vehicles had been parked with their keys inside. The stolen vehicles were reportedly a BYD, a Ram and a Ford Raptor ute.
Two of the vehicles have since been recovered, one in Coraki, about an hour away, and another in Tabulam, more than two hours from the couple’s home. No injuries were reported.
The couple bought the property in 2014 and transformed it into a sprawling family retreat overlooking the ocean. Neither Hemsworth nor Pataky has publicly commented on the break-in.
