Weirdest news story yet this week (dumb criminals division)

[FloridaJudy]

Okay, I know it's only Monday. But if the rest of the week measures up, it'll be one for the record books.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2007/07/08/man_disguised_as_tree_robs_bank/

Man disguised as tree robs bank

July 8, 2007

MANCHESTER, N.H. --A weekend bank robbery involved multiple branches -- of the leafy variety.

According to police, a man with tree branches duct-taped to his head and torso walked into a Citizens Bank just as it opened Saturday morning and demanded cash from a teller. Police said the disguise was the most bizarre they'd ever seen.

"He really went out on a limb," Sgt. Ernie Goodno said Sunday.

[skygazer]

1. New Hampshire is known for its dumb criminals

There were two guys several years ago who robbed a liquor store in NH. The clerk told them he couldn't get in the cash register unless they bought something but neither of them had any money.

So they took all the scratch lottery tickets and were arrested the following week when they tried to cash some of them in. At the SAME LIQUOR STORE, no less. :rofl:

[alarimer]

2. Surely no one would find anything suspicious about a walking tree

Did they figure he was one of those Ents from Lord of the Rings?

[Initech]

3. If I were that teller I would have been on the floor...

This one even sounds to funny to be real. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[FloridaJudy]

4. Could be a hoax

But I found it on AP/Boston Globe.

"Officer! Follow that larch!"