Really Really Dumb Criminals 23 ~ Mystery Question

Patricia Bradley Mystery Question 49 Comments

Really Really Dumb Criminals 23 is this week’s Mystery Question. Again, one from the archives, but no one seems to remember them, so I’m good to go. 😉

But first the photo and verse. I took the photo on one of my excursions to the nearby mountains around East Tennessee on the North Carolina border. They truly are a testimony of God’s love for us. And the verse was in my daily devotion from David Jeremiah.

And now last week’s Really Really Dumb Criminals 22. As usual, three crimes are true, and I made up one–can you guess which one? Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll enter you in the September drawing for a book from my library!
  1. A horse thief covered the lens of the camera at the barn to keep from being identified. Then he stole the camera along with the horse. He didn’t count on the horse owner backing up his surveillance camera to an SD card. When police reviewed the recorded video, there was a former employee in full color, his hand reaching for the camera lens with the clay.
  2. After a woman robbed a bank, police officers found her abandoned Cadillac at the airport. It was quickly traced to the owner. When police questioned friends and relatives, they learned she’d gone to Mexico for plastic surgery. So police alerted TSA, and she was detained when she re-entered the US in Houston with her newly reconstructed face.
  3. US custom takes bird trafficking very seriously due to the threat of avian flu. That didn’t stop this man from attempting to smuggle 29 finches into the US inside hair rollers. He didn’t take into consideration bags are routinely scanned and 29 round cylinders were enough to warrant a bag check.
  4. A woman was busted for a home invasion in Oklahoma — thanks in part to “Cheeto dust” found in her teeth. A woman called police after someone broke into her home. The police found a bag of Cheetos outside the window the burglar escaped from. They found her hiding in the shadows near the house. The homeowner ID’d her and the Cheeto dust on her teeth helped seal the case.

And the answer is…#1. Congrats to everyone who guessed correctly!! Can you believe the dumb woman who ate the Cheetos after breaking into a home??

Okay…I goofed.  This is a repeat from just a couple of weeks ago so I’ve added another set of crimes below it…

And now this week’s Really Really Dumb Criminals 23. As usual, three crimes are true, and I made up one–can you guess which one?
  1. Would-be robbers confidently entered the lobby of a business, hid their hands in their jackets like guns, and demanded money from the woman at the front desk. Unfortunately, there was one flaw in the plan – the “business” was actually a police station.
  2. The would-be bank robber was nervous. So nervous that after he handed the teller the note, he gave her his gun instead of the bag to put the money in. The quick-thinking teller turned the gun on him and held him until police arrived.
  3. Drive-thru windows aren’t meant to accommodate 6’3″, 270-lb. linemen, but one got stuck when servers at a Taco Bell failed to get this particular former football player’s order right, and he went ballistic. There he remained, half inside and half outside the Taco Bell, until the police arrived to dislodge him, and then arrest him.
  4. An 18-year-old really, really wanted a yacht, but he couldn’t afford one. So, he decided to steal one. Unfortunately for him, the 45-ft. vessel he picked was still tied to the dock. When the teenager fired up the engine for a joy ride, the yacht inched forward and was quickly yanked back into the dock, alerting everyone that something fishy was afoot.
Okay Super Sleuths, which one did  I make up? Leave your answers in the comments, and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a water bottle to use these hot summer days!

Now for a blast from the further past…Here’s four scenarios from several years ago: Four scenarios are below. Three are true, unfortunately. I made up one. Can you guess which one I made up?

  1. A bank robber planned his getaway meticulously. He had a second set of clothes on under his snap-on pants and shirt complete with a cloth bag he could stuff the stolen money in. Everything went as planned except, he didn’t count on the wind whipping the loose money out of the bag, leaving a trail for the police to follow.
  2. Officials found a dead body mysteriously crumpled at the bottom of an escalator. When they looked at the TV camera video aimed at the escalator, they discovered he ran up the Down escalator and when he reached the top, he lost his balance and fell.
  3. A man filled a plastic jug with gas, but when he tried to pour it in his gas tank, it wouldn’t work, so he decided to melt the neck of the jug so he could shape it into a funnel. You guessed it–when he lit the torch to melt the top of the jug…
  4. A mysterious white powder arrived at the hotel room where nine tourists were sharing adjoining rooms. No one had ordered it, but thinking it was cocaine, they decided to divide it into nine small piles. Then they snorted it. All nine ended up in the hospital suffering from hallucinations and seizures. Turns out the drug was the very dangerous Scopolamine.

So Okay, which one did I make up? Be sure to leave your answer for this one as well…

Be sure to let me know which set you’re guessing on and you’re welcome to do both. 🙂

Now for today’s song. It’s one I was reminded of when we sang “And Can It Be That I Should Gain?” by Charles Wesley. I hope you enjoy!

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  3. Priscilla Bettis

    Don’t you just love the idea of trees clapping? It’s such a writerly thing to say.

    Oh boy, I’m proving to be terrible at guessing the made up ones. (I mean Cheetos, c’mon!) But hope springs eternal, so I keep trying. This week I guess #4 because someone knowledgeable enough to start a boat and get it going would know something so basic as to untie it from the dock.

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  4. jenningsask

    Love the song, scripture verse and picture. Used to sing that psalm when I taught in children’s Sunday School. I am going with number 1.

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  7. Tim Johnson

    Oh, that photo! I want to go there! The verse you picked reminds me of when Jesus said if His followers didn’t praise Him, the stones would cry out. Indeed, all creation!

    So, for the last set of dumb criminal statements…
    #1. As the saying goes, “Follow the money.”
    #2. I’m reminded of the film Sandy Dennis starred in: Up the Down Staircase.
    #3. A flame near a jug of gas. What could possibly go wrong?
    #4. Mysterious white power? Trouble alert!
    I don’t know. I’m torn between #1 and #4. I’ll say you made up #1.

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  11. Edward Arrington

    Love the picture and verse. When I read the verse, I thought this would be the song you shared: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjL27TlSwYU. However, the one you shared is good also. Chris Tomlin is one of my favorite contemporary singers. When I hear this song, I think of Charles Wesley’s song, which is one of my favorite hymns. Interesting thing about “And Can It Be.” I grew up in a Wesleyan Church, but never heard “And Can It Be” until I returned to college at the age of 24. That was a very popular hymn at Asbury College which was an interdenominational school in the Methodist tradition (not the United Methodist tradition).

    1. Any criminal who would fail to properly secure the stolen money is an idiot.
    2. I never knew going up the Down escalator was a crime. Probably not the smartest thing I’ve ever done, but I have done that.
    3. I suppose he wasn’t listening the day his mama told him not to play with fire.
    4. How much time do we have? I can think of multiple things that are wrong with this picture.

    I think 4 was made up simply because not one of the nine people refrained.

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      Patricia Bradley

      I couldn’t remember the name of this song, Edward…and the reason I chose the Chris Tomlin song is because we sang “And Can It Be” this Sunday (twice) when I went to a Methodist Church. I love your logic on these answers…we’ll see next week if it’s #4…

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  12. Natalya Lakhno

    My guess: #2 is the made-up one – the nervous bank robber accidentally handing the teller his gun instead of the money bag.

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  14. frazierhlhs

    I like Edward’s reasoning for #4 about not even one person out of nine avoided snorting the white powder while not knowing what it was.

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  15. Mary G

    Beautiful photo, wonderful verse and great song by Chris Tomlin, one of my favorite contemporary singers.
    Second set – hard to choose between 3 and 4; all of them are dumb but I’ll choose #4.

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  20. Dottie

    I’m guessing #4 on both sets, I don’t remember the answer to that week, but I’m hoping even an 18 yr old would know to untie a boat, and that’s a lot of people snorting at one time! I’m still in shock over the Cheeto woman, that was real!!
    I love your song, verse and photo of our beautiful mountains, you had a nice day for traveling.

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  21. Deborah Dumm

    Since I don’t remember the answer to the first set I will say that it is # 2. As for the second set I’ll say #4.

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