Man Scares Off Robbers By Faking Seizure

[Analog]

Man Scares Off Robbers By Faking Seizure

HONG KONG -- An Australian man visiting a southern Chinese city scared off robbers demanding the security code for his ATM card by faking an epileptic seizure.


Tom Beckett was lured into a dead-end alley by two women who said they would take him to a DVD shop in Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong. Five robbers then showed up and took him hostage in a nearby building, the Sunday Morning Post reported.

After finding an automated teller machine card on Beckett, the robbers asked for the number, but Beckett, with his mouth taped, feigned an epileptic seizure, the report said.

The robbers tried to treat him by pouring water over him and massaging his chest -- but only after taking his watch and cash, the Post reported.

"They obviously didn't want dead meat on their hands," Beckett was quoted as saying.

The robbers then escorted Beckett out of the building and set him free.

 

[Howard]

Playing dead worked!

 

[Nebor]

I prefer, "Man Scares Off Robbers my fatally shooting 2, critically wounding another."

 

[lancestorm]

I prefer "Man Scares Off Robbers by Throwing Rock at their Pickup Truck"

 

[FoBoT]

i heard crapping yourself can work also

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: lancestorm
I prefer "Man Scares Off Robbers by Throwing Brick at their Pickup Truck"

 

[Arkitech]

A friend of mine pulled off something similar. He was in a bad part of town walking by himself (he still never told me why he was in that part of Chicago alone) and a group of thugs crossed over to his side of the street. He said some of them were carrying bats and he was fairly certain they were going to rob him. So he said when they were about 25 feet away from him, he started spazzing out. Screaming obscenities, kicking and punching the ground, rolling around in the gutter. Crazy as it sounds he said it worked, they looked at him for a minute and kept going.

 

[sharkeeper]

What?

He didn't have a frying pan handy?

Cheers!

 

[episodic]

He wasn't related to anyone in a recent spelling bee was he?

 

[zimu]

funny part is they were probably coming to him to ask for directions. meanwhile he went home covered in crap. hahahaha

 

[Mermaidman]

Tom Beckett was lured into a dead-end alley by two women who said they would take him to a DVD shop

Riiiiight. Sucky sucky 5 dollah?