22 November 2006

Out of the Movies

A guy escaped out of the highest security prison in the country a few days ago, but the way he got out is the craziest thing I have ever heard. He is a Mozambican (really no relevance here except that he was trained with their army which officials believed help him escape), he was charged with 51 cases including murder, attempted murder, rape, hijacking and armed robbery (nice guy hunh?). This is who is out there running around right now, likely nowhere close to me!

But here's the crazy part, he was in the most secure prison and had he's feet and hands shackled. Somehow he was able to free himself from those, stripped, covered his entire body with petroleum jelly and climbed out of a window measuring 20cm x 60cm. But not only that but he somehow was able to dig out around the bars in the window (while standing on the end of his bed, they believe) to be able to get out. Climbed down a few walls, walk around the perimeter where there were at least 8 armed guards, and than scaled a wall next to the guard booth using hooks (the walls looked about 2m). WTF!

I'm probably missing several details that make this an even crazier escape but I watched it on the news last night and I have killed a few brain cells in the mean time. This guy is a scary fucking thing but you do have to admire his resolve and adaptability if nothing else, still I would prefer him to be locked away nice and safe though.

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