Gun-toting Teletubby commits robbery

Halloween took a bizarre and frightening turn in London, Canada this weekend when a man dressed as a children's television character, a purple teletubby, robbed a woman at gunpoint near the city's core.

London police say a costume-wearing, gun-toting teletubby confronted the woman near the intersection of Talbot and Mill streets just after midnight and demanded cash.

The woman, in her 20's, gave an undisclosed amount of cash to the robber, who then ran south on Talbot.



The woman wasn't injured but her misfortune wasn't hers alone. A second man dressed in costume was later stopped in the area by police and questioned — but police had the wrong teletubby.

"He was deemed not to be the teletubby we were looking for," Const. Kevin Lui said. "Unfortunately, Halloween provides (robbers) more cover than any other night."

The woman said the man who robbed her was between 6'2" and 6'4", 200 to 240 pounds and had a muscular build, short, dark hair and was clean shaven.