burnam wood: robbin yr bankz
Police are looking for a man who attempted to disguise himself as a tree and rob a bank in Manchester, New Hampshire Saturday morning.
Police say the suspect used duct tape to attach tree branches onto his body as a form of camouflage. He then walked into the Citizens Bank on Elm Street and demanded money.
Yes.
You read that correctly.
He disguised himself as a tree.
But wait!
It gets better!
The tree robber was able to escape with an undisclosed amount of cash.
YES.
IT. WORKED.
[Brain juice leaks out of ears.]
Seriously though, his choice of camouflage does need some work. Unless the bank was in the middle of Sherwood Forest.
Would it have been that hard to staple some deposit slips and ATM receipts to his body?
Nobody can see me… nobody can see me…
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UPDATE: Damn. They caught him.
But he would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those pesky kids and that darned dog!
July 9th, 2007 at 10:13 am
Dressing up as a tree has always stood me in good stead. Although given that I am a dryad that sort of figures
July 9th, 2007 at 10:16 am
What a sap! I can hardly be-leaf this! What branch of the bank did he rob? While we’re on the subject, what is the root cause of such behavior? And, was his bark worse than his bite?
July 9th, 2007 at 10:30 am
You see… this is why I love the readers of this site.
Whenever I think I’m going too lowbrow, they drag their brows just as low.
Willingly and with enormous relish.
Pure awesomeness.
July 10th, 2007 at 7:20 am
All that work and someone still recognized him – leading to his arrest. Should have shaved off his moustache too. In the photo, he also appears to be the only angiosperm in the place – not a lot of camoflage.
July 10th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Which goes to show why thorough research is required in all bank robberies.
Silly angiosperm…