There have been some smart thieves in the history of the world. For example, Butch Cassidy was one of the most famous burglars who ever lived. As the leader of the Wild Bunch in the Old West, he became famous for being very good at robbing trains and banks, usually running away with a half-million dollars worth of money and goods. The fact is, he never got caught for any of his crimes. However, in 1900, several members of his gang were shot and killed in a robbery gone wrong. Cassidy fled to Bolivia, where he and his remaining gang members got killed 10 years later. Another famous thief was a lady named Kate “Ma” Barker. FBI leader J. Edgar Hoover said she was “the most vicious, dangerous, and resourceful criminal brain of the last decade.”
Her story has been popularized in books and movies. Other famous thieves include Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, Jesse James, and many more. However, what happens usually is that with a few wins, thieves will become over-confident and end up getting themselves killed or at least caught. And then there are thieves that are just downright stupid, like the guys in the urban legend below. We can’t prove this story is true, but it’s funny regardless.
That was the case for some thieves who were trying to make a hasty retreat with some gas in Australia.
Apparently, they felt that they needed gas enough that they would go to a tour bus in the middle of the night and siphon out the tank. That’s exactly what they did, but when they started sucking on the siphon hose, they got more than what they bargained for.
It turns out, they put the siphon hose in the wrong place and instead of siphoning gas, they were siphoning straight out of the sewage tank!
An investigating police Sgt. had this to say.
“We can infer they [made] a very hasty retreat, with a somewhat bitter taste in their mouth.”
The police are still trying to track them down but they are probably not trying too hard. After all, they have already been punished enough!
