March 20, 2019
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
With all of these gun restrictions and background checks, not every American can get his hands on a firearm whenever he wants to knock over a gas station. But you know what you can get your hands on whenever you want? A machete. That was the weapon of choice (or availability?) of 32-year-old Seth Holcomb who tried to rob a Conoco in Huntsville, Alabama. The only problem was, the clerk had a machete too.
Newly-released surveillance video shows the bizarre machete fight. Police say Holcomb went inside the gas station and started to buy something, going back and forth to his car several times before pulling a large knife on the clerk and demanding cash. Surveillance video shows Holcomb then tried to leave the store, but the clerk auto-locked the door. The unidentified clerk then pulled a bigger knife, a machete, on Holcomb.
The insane video shows several wild swipes being traded back and forth between the clerk and Holcomb, before Holcomb gets frustrated and tries to leave the store. With the door being auto-locked, he literally has to kick down the entire wall. Pretty impressive actually.
The clerk followed Holcomb outside and ended up fighting with Holcomb's partner, 33-year-old Laney Nicholson, who had her own knife.
Eventually both Holcomb and Nicholson get back inside their vehicle and drive off, but not before the the clerk gave their car several good whacks with his machete, smashing the windshield in the process.
Huntsville Police stopped the couple a short time later and took them into custody. They both face attempted robbery charges.
Incredibly, out of all that swinging, slashing and smashing, no serious injuries were reported.
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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