Sid rolled his eyes. "Alright, fine. If it's a squirrel we can keep going. But you're on if it's a raccoon. Those bastards are vicious." Most likely, if he heard a noise, he wasn't sticking around to figure out what it was.
"Bolt cutters? Uh. I don't think so. That's pretty much the first lesson in How to Make People Suspicious of You 101." Besides, if they really needed bolt cutters, they could "borrow" some from one of their shadier neighbors.