Stop in for a cup of coffee

ok, so I have a question ......

why do people remove headlights from older parks vehicles???

I went to some old man's yard to see about a 4 speed and he has like ten, maybe more cars parked in a yard and they have been there probably longer than I have been alive and every single vehicle had the headlights missing.

The majority of these vehicles had grilles and front ends mostly untouched minus the headlights. I do recall buying a few cars earlier this year and the headlights were gone.

What is it with some people and headlights??? I cant say I have ever removed only the headlights and left the grille on and everything else untouched. In fact, I have removed fenders and even left the headlight bolted to the fender.
i bet if you looked, theres a pile of headlights. not for resale but when i worked in a yard during highschool, we were required to remove any headlights for safety reasons. The glass ones break very easy and the EPA required the filiments to be accounted for to prevent leaching into the ground. Something about mercury