‘Ninja’ teens in Oregon not as swift as those in movies
Only real ninjas are cool. (story taken from Seattle Post Intelligencer)
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. — The three teenagers in hooded black outfits were scampering over rooftops, climbing trees “just like a squirrel,” and breaking into houses and cars, police said.
But they weren’t quite as slick as their Japanese ninja heroes.
Earlier this summer, an officer chased one of the wannabes across a school rooftop, but the youth leaped into a nearby tree, said police Chief Ken Lewis.
Breaking branches on the way down, “he gave a yelp of pain,” and then he scrambled away, Lewis said.
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