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Thieves are targeting victims in hotel parking lots and it's the welcome you don't want for your family or friends visiting Tulsa. FOX23 News has been reporting about trailer thefts in neighborhoods and construction sites but these crooks are finding a lot more in hotel parking lots. "I think they went away and no idea what they had," said victim Don Hurst. Inside his silver cargo trailer, Mr. Hurst had a custom-built Harley Davidson. He said the parking lot near the Baymont Inn was full so he parked it in the open parking lot near the semi trucks. "This morning when I saw it was gone I was just nauseous," said Hurst. The hotel near I-44 and Yale didn't have surveillance cameras near the trailer. Not the impression Tulsans want to leave with visitors. "Since this morning I've been in mourning. It's like losing one of my children or our dogs. It's just a part of me," said Hurst. For seven years Hurst has been riding his tricked out 1997 Harley Davidson Soft Tail that was custom built only for him. "There is sweat and blood in that only me and the guy who helped me build it will ever know about," said Hurst. He said the bike had more than than its just custom paint with light brown, gold pinstriped and dark brown paint on the inside. "That bike has everything around it to fit me. It suits me and it was built and refined and redefined to suit me," said Hurst. He and his wife are passing through Tulsa from Arizona. They are on their way to Indianapolis for the Ohio Valley ...