Salamander man captured

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police have arrested a thief they dubbed the "salamander man" who talked his way into the homes of dozens of unsuspecting people by saying he was looking for his lost salamander, hamster or iguana.

Police said Monday they had been hunting the 33-year-old homeless man for months and that he had admitted to about 60 thefts in towns across the country.

Once inside a house, the man stole wallets and loose cash. Police arrested him Friday after a tip off and found nine empty wallets in his car, which had been stolen the day before.

Man... people fell for that?
 

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Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police have arrested a thief they dubbed the "salamander man" who talked his way into the homes of dozens of unsuspecting people by saying he was looking for his lost salamander, hamster or iguana.

Police said Monday they had been hunting the 33-year-old homeless man for months and that he had admitted to about 60 thefts in towns across the country.

Once inside a house, the man stole wallets and loose cash. Police arrested him Friday after a tip off and found nine empty wallets in his car, which had been stolen the day before.

Man... people fell for that?

As they say, one is born every minute...I guess he found a colony of them. ;)

 

meltdown75

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People in other countries are friendly and helpful. All this guy did was take advantage of that fact.

edit: or, they were stoned :)
 

Proletariat

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
People in other countries are friendly and helpful. All this guy did was take advantage of that fact.

edit: or, they were stoned :)

lol yea, people here are very unfriendly. When I was in Canada everyone was helpful
 

meltdown75

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Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: meltdown75
People in other countries are friendly and helpful. All this guy did was take advantage of that fact.

edit: or, they were stoned :)

lol yea, people here are very unfriendly. When I was in Canada everyone was helpful
...
 

Proletariat

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: meltdown75
People in other countries are friendly and helpful. All this guy did was take advantage of that fact.

edit: or, they were stoned :)

lol yea, people here are very unfriendly. When I was in Canada everyone was helpful
...

You don't agree?
 

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If someone came up to me and asked if he could come in my house to look for his salamander, I'm not sure what I would do but letting him in to look for it would be one of the last things.
 

AnonymouseUser

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Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: meltdown75
People in other countries are friendly and helpful. All this guy did was take advantage of that fact.

edit: or, they were stoned :)

lol yea, people here are very unfriendly. When I was in Canada everyone was helpful
...

You don't agree?

I agree with you. Most Americans aren't very friendly, but all it takes is to get burned once or twice and you become very stoic.
 

meltdown75

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Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: meltdown75
People in other countries are friendly and helpful. All this guy did was take advantage of that fact.

edit: or, they were stoned :)

lol yea, people here are very unfriendly. When I was in Canada everyone was helpful
...

You don't agree?
n/m, the three .'s were just me tapping my sarcasm meter.
 

DaShen

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Originally posted by: Proletariat
Originally posted by: meltdown75
People in other countries are friendly and helpful. All this guy did was take advantage of that fact.

edit: or, they were stoned :)

lol yea, people here are very unfriendly. When I was in Canada everyone was helpful

Yeah, the whole side of my dad's family lives in Vancouver and in Edmonton. Canada is great. People are so friendly and helpful there, too.