Possibly: School locked down after ‘ninja’ sighted in woods.
BARNEGAT, N.J. – It’s the case of the nonexistent ninja. Public schools in Barnegat were locked down briefly after someone reported seeing a ninja running through the woods behind an elementary school.
Turns out the ninja was actually a camp counselor dressed in black karate garb and carrying a plastic sword.
Police tell the Asbury Park Press the man was late to a costume-themed day at a nearby middle school.
Awesome.
I totally want to meet that guy. Nothing is sexier than a dude who likes to dress up like a ninja–except a dude who likes to dress up like a ninja, and is a camp counselor.
[Tip of my jaunty sailor cap to Chris.]
June 30, 2008 at 1:37 pm
agreed, best headline ever. the only way the story could have been better is if it had been a real ninja.
June 30, 2008 at 2:10 pm
the only way the story could have been better is if it had been a real ninja
…who was spotted killing a wannabe ninjadouche.
June 30, 2008 at 5:51 pm
This reminds me of the story I read in my college newspaper, way back in the day. Apparently, swept up in the mania caused by the current Batman movie, some chucklehead decided to dress up as Batman and “patrol” his campus. Big whoop, comic nerd gets a little too into the fantasy… but then he actually wound up foiling a crime. I think it was an attempted mugging on campus at night. True to form, he left before he could be interviewed (or caught by the cops), back to stately Wayne dorm room.
Needless to say, I was DYING to drive his school, dress as the Joker, and start running around campus causing ridiculous “crimes” just to see if I could pull him out of hiding.
July 1, 2008 at 7:49 am
back to stately Wayne dorm room
LOL!!!