13-year-old ninja upsets entire town in McKinney, Texas. - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Slyboots · 10-17-2005, 09:46 AM

http://www.courier-gazette.com/artic...s/news02.txt#2

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‘Ninja' prompts helicopter search in McKinney
By DANNY GALLAGHER McKinney Courier-Gazette

Police K-9 units, a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter and a teenage boy got everyone in one local neighborhood ready for Halloween early.

McKinney Police Capt. Randy Roland said police had to set up a perimeter complete with police officers and a helicopter around 9 p.m. Saturday for a 911 call from a woman walking in the 3200 block of Hudson Crossing who said she thought she was being followed by a man dressed in black with a machete.

But it turned out to be a 13-year-old boy playing ”Ninja“ in a costume with a plastic sword.

McKinney Police Capt. Randy Roland said dispatch received a 911 call about a suspicious person at 9:18 p.m. Saturday from a young woman who was walking her dog down Hudson Crossing.

According to an e-mail written by McKinney Assistant Police Chief Rex Redden that was sent to several city and police personnel, she said she thought she was being followed by a male suspect dressed in all black and carrying what appeared to be a machete. She was able to stop some other people for help. They were watching the man who turned and ran through a nearby apartment complex.

Some officers were dispatched to the scene who began searching for the man. Another witness said they observed someone with a similar description jumping the fence of the apartment complex and heading towards Gabe Nesbitt Field. Police established a perimeter with additional officers, and called in K-9 units and a DPS helicopter since the search area was large and filled with heavy woods.

Nearby residents came out of their homes to see why a police helicopter was circling over their houses. Monika Arris said nearly everyone on her block was standing outside.

”They were just trying to see what was going on,“ Arris said. ”The helicopter circled overhead for 45 minutes to an hour. You couldn't see what was going on. The traffic back there at Hudson Crossing, there was quite a bit of it. There was more there than normal for that hour.“

Collin County spokeswoman Leigh Hornsby who also lives nearby said the traffic caused by the 20 drivers she counted brought out the carelessness in some of them.

”There were so many residents who got into their vehicles trying to find the source of the incident traveling through my neighborhood, a couple of them even made U-turns through my lawn as they were looking for source of this,“ Hornsby said. ”That was my point of my frustration .“

Douglas Vining who lives on Drake Circuit said he also heard the helicopters but he wasn't worried about their reason for being there.

”It's not first time it's happened,“ Vining said. ”I wasn't locking my doors and hiding by any means. I have protection.“

Redden said in the e-mail that one of the K-9 dogs found a scent but eventually lost it. He also said the helicopter searched the wooded area with a ”Forward Looking Infrared“ or thermal camera but no one was found.

Just as police were about to call off the search, officers received a dispatch call from a man who said his 13-year-old son had been playing with his Ninja sword in the area and believed he might have accidentally scared the lady. Officers went to the man's home had ”a nice little chat with the father and his son,“ Redden said.

No charges were filed and no arrests were made. Since no report was filed on the incident, the young woman, the father and the 13-year-old could not be identified, Roland said.

Hornsby said a lot of residents were concerned about the helicopter search. She e-mailed McKinney Spokesman Steve Hill about the source of the call who passed her note on to Redden. She said everyone got a good laugh from it.

”When we learned what it is, we got mostly humor out of it,“ Hornsby said. ”It was a very humorous situation, and I'm glad it wasn't anything serious but it certainly prompted folks to get out into their vehicles to determine the source of this.“

Roland said even though this was a false alarm, the McKinney police and DPS departments did a superb job of working together and responding to the call.

”There was some good cooperation with the DPS' helicopter,“ Roland said. ”If this had been a serious incident, then those type of resources at hand are very valuable. But we didn't need them because it was all a misunderstanding.“

Wow. That kid had 1337 ninja skillz. I mean nobody could find him using all that high tech stuff. The father had to call to tell them it was his son! This kids has a promising career as a ninja.

fightnight · 10-17-2005, 09:55 AM

haha, the title says 3-year old, and I was very very amazed. Now that i realize it's a 13 year old it's a bit less amusing and more run-of-the-mill.

MSD · 10-17-2005, 09:56 AM

Yeah, they "did a superb job" of not being able to find a 13-year-old kid.

Lucifer · 10-17-2005, 09:58 AM

At least they didn't shoot him!

Siege · 10-17-2005, 11:25 AM

Yeah, the title freaked me out. I was like "3 year old?!?!"

albania · 10-17-2005, 12:05 PM

Crazy kids, I remember that when I was a young kid much younger than 13, me and a bunch of the neighborhood kids would go out and play war, with homemade sticks and bows and arrow, my bow and arrow sucked but I tried to get my arrow as sharp as I could. Yea as a kid I didn't have good judgment, hell I thought any day I would discover I had super powers or something. All I’m saying is that this is a case of a kid being a kid, and frankly, what he did seemed much tamer compared to things which I did when I was a kid and things I heard about other kids doing. I guess they had to investigate it, but it shows the state of fear that people are in.

Slyboots · 10-17-2005, 12:18 PM

Yeah I kinda forgot to put the 1 in 13 and left out where I got the story from.

The kids is going to grow up to be a very good ninja.

CSflim · 10-17-2005, 12:20 PM

That kid has Real Ultimate Power!

5757 · 10-17-2005, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CSflim

That kid has Real Ultimate Power!

Yeah! He's gonna kick ass his whole life!

Jinn · 10-17-2005, 12:41 PM

Facts:

1. Ninjas are mammals.

2. Ninjas fight ALL the time.

3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people.

This kid is a badass.. I wanna go play ninja in my neighborhood !!

ironman · 10-17-2005, 12:45 PM

It seems like it was yesterday when i was making ninja stars out of soda pops and arrows with pens and clips, those were great days i tell you.

KellyC · 10-17-2005, 01:09 PM

Noob alert: What's 1337??

He could show those Naruto kids a thing or two about stealth.

moot1337 · 10-17-2005, 01:47 PM

1337 is leetspeak for well... leet, short for eleet, or 31337. It's where numbers take the place of certain letters, ie ][ \/\/][11 []D\/\/|\| J00, n00|3!!!!

... depending on the extent of 1337ification...

and yes, this kid has Real Ultimate Power!

I wonder why he didn't flip out and kill people...

Plastic ninja s0rds only work so so I guess... but he could commit seppuku with it! Just like a frisbee!

KellyC · 10-17-2005, 01:55 PM

ahhh I see..thanks.

Being such a ninja master as he, I think he would use justu instead.

optik_nerve · 10-17-2005, 10:01 PM

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alansmithee · 10-17-2005, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by optik_nerve

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I's trying to figure out if it's good or bad that I can read that fairly easily.

analog · 10-17-2005, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JinnKai

Facts:

1. Ninjas are mammals.

2. Ninjas fight ALL the time.

3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people.

Awesome job on the reference.

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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct

Yeah, they "did a superb job" of not being able to find a 13-year-old kid.

They had K-9 units, a helicopter, an established perimeter, and infrared thermal electronic shit, and couldn't find a 13 year-old in a ninja costume? Fucking weak. I'd complain about that police department.

MageB420666 · 10-17-2005, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by analog

They had K-9 units, a helicopter, an established perimeter, and infrared thermal electronic shit, and couldn't find a 13 year-old in a ninja costume? Fucking weak. I'd complain about that police department.

I think he had gone home by the time all that was being done. Kinda hard to find someone like that when all you find with it is a kid in his house... Although losing the K-9's is a nice touch...

cyrnel · 10-18-2005, 12:54 AM

Perhaps this impromptu costume could be of benefit to McKinney TX residents? Imagine the fun during a traffic stop.

Misz · 10-18-2005, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by cyrnel

Perhaps this impromptu costume could be of benefit to McKinney TX residents? Imagine the fun during a traffic stop.

Omfg hahahahahahahaha, thats fucking hilarious, the second I saw that, I did it immediately, as iam typing this right now I look like that guy

optik_nerve · 10-18-2005, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by analog

They had K-9 units, a helicopter, an established perimeter, and infrared thermal electronic shit, and couldn't find a 13 year-old in a ninja costume? Fucking weak. I'd complain about that police department.

Dude, it's not the police departments fault. He was a fucking ninja. You can't mess with that shit.

f6twister · 10-18-2005, 07:31 AM

Anyone find it sad that area residents chose to drive around to look for the problem instead of staying inside? They are lucky it turned out to be just a 13 y/o the cops were looking for and not someone who just sliced up his family and fled.

Sultana · 10-18-2005, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by analog

Awesome job on the reference.

They had K-9 units, a helicopter, an established perimeter, and infrared thermal electronic shit, and couldn't find a 13 year-old in a ninja costume? Fucking weak. I'd complain about that police department.

Hello? Exactly!

And now thanks to cyrnel, I'm going to dress up my 3 nephews as ninjas for halloween. Really!

And, uhh, analog...I don't get the reference. Could ya tell me?
I did know what l33t was, though :P

CSflim · 10-18-2005, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Sultana

And, uhh, analog...I don't get the reference. Could ya tell me?

http://www.realultimatepower.net/

sailor · 10-18-2005, 02:59 PM

See, ninjas are so much better than pirates. They totally would have found a pirate in, like, 30 seconds.

Dragonknight · 10-29-2005, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by optik_nerve

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Where the hell do you get this stuff?!? I'd like to know how the kid lost the K-9 dogs. He can make a killing seeling that trick on E-Bay.

waltert · 10-29-2005, 01:52 AM

im suprised this link hasnt been posted.
http://media.skoopy.com/vids/vid_00725.wmv

a similar thing happened to my friend, except he was playing in a field with a pellet gun, and they caught him...it was some time not long after the columbine shooting...bad timing to say the least...

MSD · 10-30-2005, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by cyrnel

Perhaps this impromptu costume could be of benefit to McKinney TX residents? Imagine the fun during a traffic stop.

Ah, those were good times.

Best. thread. ever.

theinfamous · 10-31-2005, 11:35 AM

it's probably where i'm from (Los Angeles), but a helicopter circling around here wouldn't cause a stir. i guess we're used to that sort of thing everyday so i was suprised that people actually got into their cars to find the source of all the ruckus.

Charlatan · 10-31-2005, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by sailor

See, ninjas are so much better than pirates. They totally would have found a pirate in, like, 30 seconds.

I was just going to post the same thing...

squirrelyburt · 10-31-2005, 01:36 PM

its good to have skills. Chicks dig guys with skills.

tspikes51 · 10-31-2005, 03:30 PM

Kick ass, I need to create some terror with my pirate costume.

troit · 11-01-2005, 03:06 AM

I'm reading this thread thinking - Its Halloween - what's the big deal? Then I realized this happened a couple of weeks ago...

SERPENT7 · 11-05-2005, 11:42 PM

What does
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Daniel_ · 11-06-2005, 01:55 AM

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I DON'T HAVE AWESOME NINJA SKILLZ BUT I'M FUCKING GOOD AT LEET, BITCHES

OracleEyes · 12-20-2005, 08:23 AM

completely off topic of the whole ninja thing, i know... i am a horrible poster, but honestly, how long does it take someone to actually come up with this leet language? Its like my friend trying to learn the language of the elves from Tolkien.... crazy crazy crazy

Sultana · 12-20-2005, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by OracleEyes

completely off topic of the whole ninja thing, i know... i am a horrible poster, but honestly, how long does it take someone to actually come up with this leet language? Its like my friend trying to learn the language of the elves from Tolkien.... crazy crazy crazy

I think someone, or a group of people, translated the Bible into...Klingon.

I concur. Crazy.

I still love this story/thread! But the Pirate-hatin' is makin me resentful.

10-17-2005, 09:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	At least they didn't shoot him! __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321

10-17-2005, 11:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
Siege is a tiger Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Yeah, the title freaked me out. I was like "3 year old?!?!" __________________ "Your name's Geek? Do you know the origin of the term? A geek is someone who bites the heads off chickens at a circus. I would never let you suck my dick with a name like Geek" --Kevin Smith This part just makes my posts easier to find

10-17-2005, 12:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
Slyboots Tilted Location: Newbury Park, California	Yeah I kinda forgot to put the 1 in 13 and left out where I got the story from. The kids is going to grow up to be a very good ninja. __________________ "Ah, yes, divorce......., from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet." -- Robin Williams

10-17-2005, 12:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	That kid has Real Ultimate Power! __________________

10-17-2005, 12:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Facts: 1. Ninjas are mammals. 2. Ninjas fight ALL the time. 3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people. This kid is a badass.. I wanna go play ninja in my neighborhood !! __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

10-17-2005, 09:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
fightnight Insane Location: The lovely Northeast	haha, the title says 3-year old, and I was very very amazed. Now that i realize it's a 13 year old it's a bit less amusing and more run-of-the-mill.

10-17-2005, 09:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	Yeah, they "did a superb job" of not being able to find a 13-year-old kid.

10-17-2005, 12:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
albania Psycho	Crazy kids, I remember that when I was a young kid much younger than 13, me and a bunch of the neighborhood kids would go out and play war, with homemade sticks and bows and arrow, my bow and arrow sucked but I tried to get my arrow as sharp as I could. Yea as a kid I didn't have good judgment, hell I thought any day I would discover I had super powers or something. All I’m saying is that this is a case of a kid being a kid, and frankly, what he did seemed much tamer compared to things which I did when I was a kid and things I heard about other kids doing. I guess they had to investigate it, but it shows the state of fear that people are in.

10-17-2005, 12:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
ironman Smithers, release the hounds Location: Guatemala, Guatemala	It seems like it was yesterday when i was making ninja stars out of soda pops and arrows with pens and clips, those were great days i tell you. __________________ If I agreed with you we´d both be wrong

10-17-2005, 01:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
KellyC Comment or else!! Location: Home sweet home	Noob alert: What's 1337?? He could show those Naruto kids a thing or two about stealth. __________________ Him: Ok, I have to ask, what do you believe? Me: Shit happens.

10-17-2005, 01:47 PM	#13 (permalink)
moot1337 Insane Location: Learning to Fly...	1337 is leetspeak for well... leet, short for eleet, or 31337. It's where numbers take the place of certain letters, ie ][ \/\/][11 []D\/\/\|\\| J00, n00\|3!!!! ... depending on the extent of 1337ification... and yes, this kid has Real Ultimate Power! I wonder why he didn't flip out and kill people... Plastic ninja s0rds only work so so I guess... but he could commit seppuku with it! Just like a frisbee! __________________ And that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped. This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheeps' bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes. Oh, certainly, sir.

10-17-2005, 01:55 PM	#14 (permalink)
KellyC Comment or else!! Location: Home sweet home	ahhh I see..thanks. Being such a ninja master as he, I think he would use justu instead. __________________ Him: Ok, I have to ask, what do you believe? Me: Shit happens.

10-17-2005, 10:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
optik_nerve Psycho Location: Florida	Wow, that is pretty \|-\|4®Ð(0®3. 1 Ð0\|\\|7 \|-\|4\/3 4\/\/3$0\|\/\|3 \|\\|1\|\\|_\|4 $\|{1££2 ßµ7 1\|\/\| ƒµ(\|{1\|\\|9 900Ð 47 £337, ß17(\|-\|3$.

10-18-2005, 12:54 AM	#19 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Perhaps this impromptu costume could be of benefit to McKinney TX residents? Imagine the fun during a traffic stop. <a href="http://www.entertheninja.com/ninja_fun/shirt_ninja.shtml"><img src="http://www.entertheninja.com/images/shirt_ninja_02.jpg"><img src="http://www.entertheninja.com/images/shirt_ninja_07.jpg"></a> __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195 Last edited by cyrnel; 10-18-2005 at 01:04 AM..

10-18-2005, 07:31 AM	#22 (permalink)
f6twister Addict	Anyone find it sad that area residents chose to drive around to look for the problem instead of staying inside? They are lucky it turned out to be just a 13 y/o the cops were looking for and not someone who just sliced up his family and fled. __________________ A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. Calvin

10-18-2005, 02:59 PM	#25 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	See, ninjas are so much better than pirates. They totally would have found a pirate in, like, 30 seconds. __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

10-29-2005, 01:52 AM	#27 (permalink)
waltert Insane	im suprised this link hasnt been posted. http://media.skoopy.com/vids/vid_00725.wmv a similar thing happened to my friend, except he was playing in a field with a pellet gun, and they caught him...it was some time not long after the columbine shooting...bad timing to say the least...

10-31-2005, 11:35 AM	#29 (permalink)
theinfamous Crazy Location: Cali	it's probably where i'm from (Los Angeles), but a helicopter circling around here wouldn't cause a stir. i guess we're used to that sort of thing everyday so i was suprised that people actually got into their cars to find the source of all the ruckus.

10-31-2005, 01:36 PM	#31 (permalink)
squirrelyburt Crazy Location: Central Wisconsin	its good to have skills. Chicks dig guys with skills. __________________ If you've ever felt there was a reason to be afraid of the dark, you were right.

10-31-2005, 03:30 PM	#32 (permalink)
tspikes51 Fuckin' A Location: Lex Vegas	Kick ass, I need to create some terror with my pirate costume. __________________ "I'm telling you, we need to get rid of a few people or a million." -Maddox

11-01-2005, 03:06 AM	#33 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	I'm reading this thread thinking - Its Halloween - what's the big deal? Then I realized this happened a couple of weeks ago... __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...

11-05-2005, 11:42 PM	#34 (permalink)
SERPENT7 Crazy Location: Gold country!	What does "Wow, that is pretty \|-\|4®Ð(0®3." or 1 Ð0\|\\|7 \|-\|4\/3 4\/\/3$0\|\/\|3 \|\\|1\|\\|_\|4 $\|{1££2 ßµ7 1\|\/\| ƒµ(\|{1\|\\|9 900Ð 47 £337, ß17(\|-\|3$." mean?

11-06-2005, 01:55 AM	#35 (permalink)
Daniel_ Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It! Location: Southern England	4 = A ß = B ( = C Ð = D 3 = E ƒ = F 9 = G \|-\| = H 1 = I _\| = J \|{ = K £ = L \|\/\| = M \|\\| = N 0 = O ?? = P ?? = R 5 = S 7 = T µ = U \/ = V \/\/ = W ?? = X ?? = Y 2 = Z ========================================= \|-\|4®Ð(0®3 = HARDCORE 1 Ð0\|\\|7 \|-\|4\/3 4\/\/3$0\|\/\|3 \|\\|1\|\\|_\|4 $\|{1££2 ßµ7 1\|\/\| ƒµ(\|{1\|\\|9 900Ð 47 £337, ß17(\|-\|3$ I DON'T HAVE AWESOME NINJA SKILLZ BUT I'M FUCKING GOOD AT LEET, BITCHES __________________ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air, And deep beneath the rolling waves, In labyrinths of Coral Caves, The Echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand; And everthing is Green and Submarine ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

12-20-2005, 08:23 AM	#36 (permalink)
OracleEyes Upright Location: Iowa	completely off topic of the whole ninja thing, i know... i am a horrible poster, but honestly, how long does it take someone to actually come up with this leet language? Its like my friend trying to learn the language of the elves from Tolkien.... crazy crazy crazy