Shoeless mouse-headed man robbed store at knifepoint

A man wearing a costume mouse head robbed a convenience store in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, at knifepoint early on Tuesday morning. Police are now trying to trap the rodent.



The man, about 6-feet tall with a slim build, dressed in a black shirt and black pants, boldly walked into the Mac’s in the middle of the night brandishing the knife. The alarmed clerk quickly handed him cash and the barefoot man scampered away into the darkness.





“I would have to say this is the first time I came across a mask used for a robbery that looks like a child’s cute mouse mask,” Barrie police Det. Brett Haynes said. Surveillance footage shows the man had the mask on before he walked into the store, he said. Luckily, the store only carries small amounts of cash and the bandit got away with only $60.




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“It was a pretty brazen attack for just 60 bucks,” Haynes said. Police found the mouse mask on the ground behind the store and sent it for forensic tests. The canine unit later found the suspect’s pants and shirt on the ground not far from the store. “I can’t say what he wore once he discarded his clothing,” Haynes said. Police say the suspect is considered dangerous and ask that anyone who has seen the unusual mask call Crime Stoppers.