Normally for a story like this, I would try to suggest and plug some sort of security device. An alarm, a Telespy, Voice Alert System…
But in this case, I think nothing was better.
Apparently a 22-year-old thief attempted to break into a supermarket in southern Portugal. The rather slim man thought he could squeeze his way through a small window and gain access to the building.
Sounded like a good plan, until he made it half-way through… and got stuck. And stuck he stayed for about 9 long hours.
“Once he got his upper body inside, there was nothing there to find support on, so he was stuck at his waist… It’s not uncommon for thieves to get inside and then not be able to get out after a burglary, but this was quite unusual,” says the local police chief, Captain Santos of Loule.
Once he was discovered the next morning, it took another 2 hours for the fire department and police to get him free. Well, free from the window, he went straight to jail after that.
Amusing as it sounds so far, the man also lost his pants during the incident.
“Apparently he dropped his trousers as he was trying to free himself by wiggling,” says. Capt. Santos.
So if the establishment had some sort of alarm system, perhaps the poor soul would have been rescued sooner. I bet the would-be thief wished there was an alarm. It’s gotta suck to be stuck in a window for 11 hours with your pants down at your ankles…
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