Only in America

Only in America would you have a reaction like this.

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Full-size cardboard figure causes New Jersey bank standoff

Published: Friday, November 28, 2008 | 4:32 AM ET

Canadian Press: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A standoff at a New Jersey bank is over after police learned a "person" seen inside was actually a full-size cardboard figure.

Officers went to the PNC Bank in Montgomery Township on Thursday night after an alarm went off. They saw what they thought was at least one person through the windows of the bank, which had its blinds drawn.

The area was sealed off and three nearby apartment buildings were evacuated as a precaution. Meanwhile, authorities used bullhorns and made telephone calls in a bid to make contact with whoever might be in the bank.

After repeatedly failing to get a response, a SWAT team entered the building and discovered the cardboard figure.

It was not immediately clear what set off the bank alarm.

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They didn't think it odd that the person never moved? I wonder if it was a McCain cutout?

Only in Mexico

Read this first.

Three tigers escape from a circus truck in western Mexico

By The Associated Press (November 6, 2008)

MEXICO CITY - Authorities says three tigers that had escaped from a Mexican circus truck were recaptured after police distracted them by throwing them chickens.

The local newspaper Cambio de Michoacan says the escaped felines holed up in house in the western city of Zitacuaro. When the tigers started breaking down the home's fence, police lobbed them chickens to eat until a dogcatcher and the animals' trainer arrived.

An officer at the state police office in Zitacuaro says the tigers were loose for less than an hour.

The big cats were recaptured and taken to a local police station where they were held until their owner agreed to pay for the chickens and damage to the fence.

This little story raises a few questions in my mind, quite possibly in yours aswell.

Question 1: Was the truck moving when the tigers got out?

Question 2: Why did they bring in a 'dog catcher'? Tigers are cats. Couldn't't they just have held up a flaming hoop?

Question 3: Are these the 'dog catchers'?

Question 4: What goes into a selection of a house when you're a tiger?

Question 5: Is a police station really where you want to hold tigers?

Question 6: The only thing the owner was liable for was paying for the chickens and fence?