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Old 07-11-2007, 11:49 AM   #1
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July 11, 2007: Man dressed as tree robs bank



A rather small image today, as it's a shot from a security cam.

At first you think, what the -- why would a man dress like a tree to rob a bank? If he wants to hide from people outside, that's one thing, but to use it to rob a bank? Maybe from the drive-through window, but from the inside?

Axlrosen sends this Manchester Union Leader story of a man who used duct tape to tape branches and leaves to his body in order to perpetrate his crime.

Sometimes people are just broken, and to laugh at those people is wrong, which is why I personally omit the gent's name. That way it's anonymous, and we can say whatever we like about the dude.
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Old 07-11-2007, 12:01 PM   #2
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Don't laugh, that is his super power. To grow flimsy branches. If that is the only power you have, you would use it to.
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Old 07-11-2007, 12:02 PM   #3
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Police rake in leafy robbery suspect
Actual headline from the article.
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Old 07-11-2007, 12:04 PM   #4
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Well, money doesn't grow on trees, so......
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Old 07-11-2007, 12:05 PM   #5
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Sometimes people are just broken, and to laugh at those people is wrong, .
But it's just so funny.

"It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man." --Jack Handey
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Old 07-11-2007, 12:55 PM   #6
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That photo reminds me of something....Oh yea.....
Go to the bank then....
Make like a tree and leaf........
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Old 07-11-2007, 01:03 PM   #7
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I wonder ...

did he rob the main bank, or just a branch location?
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Old 07-11-2007, 01:05 PM   #8
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From that angle, it looks like a tree dressed as a man.
But still ... why would a tree rob a bank?
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Old 07-11-2007, 01:17 PM   #9
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Oh, a bank? He thought the sign said bark.
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Old 07-11-2007, 01:28 PM   #10
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he was waxing nostalgic

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Old 07-11-2007, 02:25 PM   #11
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And the police captain was named Dick Tracy -- which makes the whole leafy disguise thing somehow more appropriate.
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Old 07-11-2007, 02:27 PM   #12
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If a man dressed as a tree robbed a bank in the woods, and nobody was there, would it make any noise?
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Old 07-11-2007, 02:28 PM   #13
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And the police captain was named Dick Tracy -- which makes the whole leafy disguise thing somehow more appropriate.
Oh lord, no kidding? I should read the article...

Ok, and Cap'n Tracy went on to say:

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Tracy said the robber made off with a bag containing less than $1,000. It appears investigators have since recovered most, if not all, of the money, he said.
He was dressed as a tree, with no weapon, and he got some money? He made off with it? They've recovered MOST of it? Sounds more like Barney Fife is on the case.

Edited to add: lol@ Spexx
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Old 07-11-2007, 03:09 PM   #14
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Apparently he wanted to hide from the cameras rather than the people present. Guess he didn't know they had low angle cameras.

David letterman had the ushers search the potted palms in the lobby, as a precaution, last night.
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Old 07-11-2007, 03:20 PM   #15
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David letterman had the ushers search the potted palms in the lobby, as a precaution, last night.
That's pretty funny. I missed that.

Spexx, did you mean "dressed like a tree" rather than "dressed like a dress."
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