Friday, February 6, 2009

Star Trek Zealot Robs Stores, Goes Home to Mother's Basement

I'm sure he needed the money for a World of Warcraft upgrade:
Colorado police say a man with too much "Star Trek" on his mind used a sword modeled after the weapon carried by Klingon warriors to demand money from two convenience stores.
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4 comments:

Katie said...

My absolute favorite part of this story is that, according to the Denver Post, "Both clerks described the weapon as a Star Trek Klingon-type sword, called a 'bat'leth.'"

Give those guys a raise. And maybe a girlfriend?

February 6, 2009 at 4:56 PM
aznew said...

It would have been cool if they pulled out a toy phaser from behind the counter, and the guy dropped his weapon and surrendered.

February 8, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Anonymous said...

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Her five year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before.

I guess he took "Go where no man has gone before" a tad too literally. Who but a true trekkie would rob a store with a very distinctive weapon? Who but a true trekkies could describe the weapon by its Star Trek name?

February 8, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Max said...

This whole thing has the feel of a Family Guy skit

February 9, 2009 at 11:28 PM

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