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Yesterday, I witnessed a crook climbing down a facade. The house is located across the harbor basin of where I live. It was a good 20ft he had to climb down but he was on the run.
I knew he was fucked, climbing down there. Because, there's no exit there, only a door with spikes on top. So he ran up and down the jetties while I was calling the police.
He grabbed a stand-up-paddle board that was lying around and jumped into the water. I told them, they should call the water police as well.
I was watching him with my binoculars as I was waiting for the police. They took quite a while. After around 8 minutes they were here and I explained to them that the crook had reached the wall and climbed up. I said he might have escaped through the sewerage.
They had to organize a key for the locked door and went down. But they couldn't spot him. So, they asked me to tell them more. I said, he still must be there and we went down to the jetty again to see. There was no connection to sewerage, so I told them, he still must be there.
Meanwhile the water police had arrived, but they did not believe my words and said, we don't see anyone. Maybe the witness (they were speaking about me, while I was standing next to them) did not see that he swam away.
Anyways, it was not my job but theirs. The search went on for around 30 minutes. Then they took off. And the whole thing let me sleep very bad last night. I could not understand how the guy escaped when it seemed impossible.
Today, at lunch, 20 hours after my call to the police, to my surprise, I seem the police at the same spot again.
The crook had hidden in a pigeon cave for 20 hours, over night! And he probably couldn't swim, so he had no chance but to call for help.
After they put him back on land, they released him immediately.
- Was the crook a pigeon?i_was
- I took a photo of the guy, but due to the gdpr I guess I may not post it lol.SimonFFM
- Sorry for the typos (I am really tired).SimonFFM
- Just blur his facedrgs
- Rear Windowmisterhow
- Simon, i was hearing the Mission Impossible theme music in my head while reading your story. Adrenaline pumpKrassy
- What was his skin color?babydick
- White skin. Haha mission impossible indeed.SimonFFM
- I'm asking because of the "he probably couldn't swim" part, hee heebabydick
- Purple burglars can't swim, wink winkbabydick
- Scary. I scanned the picture with Google Lens and got the exact location. Nicht zu glauben!stewart
- Recreate this story in one of your photoshootsdrgs
- Wow @google lens — my home address is on my website, too. But I agree, it’s scary tech!SimonFFM
- It's a nice place. I had a short urban holiday with my girlfriend in that city. The waterfronts, the botanic garden, art school, famous cyclingrace. Loved it.stewart
- Next time you'll come around, say hello!SimonFFM