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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 195 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

My friend used to climb massive pine trees late at night in a park across his street, and place traffic cones on top. No one knew who was doing it or why. Many people thought it was the local council marking the trees to be cut down which upset residents. He started noticing police regularly patrolling the area, but he kept doing it and never got caught. It made the local paper, explaining how much confusion and disruption it was causing the police and local council. He hung the article on his wall.

Went on to become a stuntman https://imdb.com/name/nm3068647/

[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 102 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Dude did you just reveal his identity and ruin his secret streak?

[–] troybot@midwest.social 56 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Plot twist: saltesc is the real tree cone fugitive and they just pinned their crimes on a rival stuntman

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 25 points 2 months ago

Their comment has been posted before. Either they ruined it ages ago, or it has become copy-pasta, protecting the identity of the climber.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Haha. I'm sure the police knew. He had been arrested a few times for climbing bridges and construction sites around the city. Then get dropped home right by a massive pine tree with a cone on top.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 81 points 2 months ago

Look at this fuckin snitch, dropping imdb links.

[–] Zidane@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

I'm glad to hear the tree was able to find a job in stunts