July 11, 2007: Man dressed as tree robs bank

Undertoad • Jul 11, 2007 12:49 pm
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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.
Coign • Jul 11, 2007 1:01 pm
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.
Clodfobble • Jul 11, 2007 1:02 pm
Police rake in leafy robbery suspect


Actual headline from the article. :thumbsup:
Uisge Beatha • Jul 11, 2007 1:04 pm
Well, money doesn't grow on trees, so......:rolleyes:
Shawnee123 • Jul 11, 2007 1:05 pm
Undertoad;362773 wrote:





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
Cicero • Jul 11, 2007 1:55 pm
That photo reminds me of something....Oh yea.....
Go to the bank then....
Make like a tree and leaf........
ferret88 • Jul 11, 2007 2:03 pm
I wonder ...

did he rob the main bank, or just a branch location?
odie number seven • Jul 11, 2007 2:05 pm
From that angle, it looks like a tree dressed as a man.
But still ... why would a tree rob a bank?
Uisge Beatha • Jul 11, 2007 2:17 pm
Oh, a bank? He thought the sign said bark.
Shawnee123 • Jul 11, 2007 2:28 pm
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dar512 • Jul 11, 2007 3:25 pm
And the police captain was named Dick Tracy -- which makes the whole leafy disguise thing somehow more appropriate.
Spexxvet • Jul 11, 2007 3:27 pm
If a man dressed as a tree robbed a bank in the woods, and nobody was there, would it make any noise?
Shawnee123 • Jul 11, 2007 3:28 pm
dar512;362859 wrote:
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:

Comic Strip Cop wrote:
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
xoxoxoBruce • Jul 11, 2007 4:09 pm
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.
Shawnee123 • Jul 11, 2007 4:20 pm
xoxoxoBruce wrote:
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."
Flint • Jul 11, 2007 4:59 pm
Spexxvet;362860 wrote:
If a man dressed as a dress robbed a bank in the woods,
and nobody was there, would it make any noise?
Shawnee123 • Jul 11, 2007 5:22 pm
LMAO
Spexxvet • Jul 11, 2007 5:56 pm
Shawnee123;362872 wrote:
That's pretty funny. I missed that.

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


Uh....yeah.:redface:
SPUCK • Jul 12, 2007 6:39 am
Stupid bank... They had no herbicide??
Shawnee123 • Jul 12, 2007 9:47 am
I'm still trying to get this straight in my head:

Guy duct tapes branches to himself. Guy walks into bank. Customers and bankers wonder why a tree is moving about the building, but no need to alarm security or take any security type steps. Tree guy has no weapon. Tree walks up to teller, demands cash, and walks out of building with a grand.

What happens next? Tree guy rips duct-taped branches from body (no short task, I would think) and runs like the wind out of there. He disappears so well that by the time he is caught, he has managed to spend some of the money.

This story has more holes than a tree with squirrels living in it.
xoxoxoBruce • Jul 12, 2007 5:14 pm
There is no law against dressing like a tree.

Bank tellers are instructed to cooperate with demands for money, weapon or not, hit the alarm and not give chase. The money is insured and it's the cops business to catch them, not the tellers.

Most important, nobody gets hurt, which could cost the bank millions instead of a few thousand.
Sheldonrs • Jul 14, 2007 4:22 am
I guess money really is the root of all evil.
milkfish • Jul 14, 2007 12:14 pm
Try pulling this stunt in Brazil and when you're caught you'll be burnt for charcoal.
yesman065 • Jul 16, 2007 8:34 am
Sheldonrs;363938 wrote:
I guess money really is the root of all evil.


You mean tree- vil?
Anada • Jul 25, 2007 12:33 pm
Coign;362790 wrote:
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.


hahahahaha.. do you think that is his only super power?
weird things people can do!
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