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Stupidest Burglars Ever: They Ignored Xbox and Games, Stole Tarantula Instead

January 23, 2009 in News comments 25

Some burglars broke into a house and stole a tarantula, ignoring an Xbox 360 console and hundreds of game scattered all over the floor. That's what we could call stupid thieves and lucky gamer!

Liam Douglas could by considered by gamers a lucky person since burglars who broke into his house ignored his Xbox 360 console and stole his tarantula (which was wisely named Fangs). The bonus: “hundreds” of Xbox 360 games were also on the floor at the time, and they were also ignored by the thieves (which means they were probably over 80 or something). That’s what I call lack of inspiration!
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  • 1
    Oogity_Boogity_Boo Jan 23, 09
    You have no idea how hard I'm laughing right now.

    Not at the story, at the fact that you put "stupidest".
    • 2
      chautemoc Jan 23, 09
      It's actually a word...I didn't think it was either.
      • 1
        Oogity_Boogity_Boo Jan 23, 09


        ...Since when?
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          Dark Arcanine Jan 23, 09
          Since the English language is degrading since people are using things like text speak and whatnot, it's all going downhill from here.
        • 0
          Hellfire29 Jan 24, 09
          Since when was whatnot a word?
        • 0
          HisServant77 Jan 24, 09
          sad but true, Dark It's unfortunate isn't it?
        • 0
          Play ISDF Jan 24, 09
          The idiocracy has begun! Run for your lives as we all become the "stupidest" race around!
        • 0
          Dark Arcanine Jan 25, 09
          It's very unfortunate, especially in a world where people such as myself attempt to refine our grammar throughout our lives due to a love of the English language.

          Whatnot has been a word since I can remember.
        • 0
          Play ISDF Jan 25, 09
          The worst thing is that nothing can stop our degrading society except some form of world changing event in the near future (something Star Trek like I suppose). The likelihood of such a thing occurring however is rather low to say the least.
  • 0
    joshthegreat Jan 23, 09
    Maybe they just wanted the Tarantula...

    It's incredible how a story like this makes it onto a games news site...
  • 0
    GaMeR BoY* Jan 23, 09
    Man how stupid can you get. More than I thought a normal person could.
  • 0
    Blackfalcon Jan 23, 09
    Lucky *bleep*, he should thank god they ignored hundreds of dollars/pounds/whatevers of hardware and stole a spider. Still, it would suck losing your pet.
  • 0
    bbb7002004 Jan 23, 09
    Then again, a tarantula is a lot harder to track down than a 360, and a lot smaller to carry. Really, the thief made himself harder to catch this way, so it may be much smarter.
  • 0
    BANDITO ATTACK Jan 23, 09
    clearly anyone who robs you and ignores your video games is stupid
  • 1
    Chad Jan 23, 09
    Where actually just gonna do a B&E so they could say they have done it before, but the tarantula spotted them and they didn't want to leave any witnesses.

    At least that is what I was thinking.
  • 0
    GirugaMarc Jan 23, 09
    Y'know, there owner of that tarantula could've had a strong bond with it, and in that case, he would've rather had his xbox stolen =(

    I'd be more sad if someone stole my cat rather than my 360
    • 0
      Hellfire29 Jan 24, 09
      I would do the same, my insurance would cover the console but I could never replace a pet.
  • 4
    DystopiaSticker Jan 23, 09
    Even while looting a house Krunal refuses to touch a 360.
  • 0
    Play ISDF Jan 23, 09
    Who knew a tarantula was worth $350! That is rather surprising. Poor Liam though.
  • 1
    RabidChinaGirl Jan 23, 09
    That tarantula will never be the same again.
  • 0
    DragoniteBallZ Jan 24, 09
    They probably cared specifically about the tarantula. I mean we don't even know why specifically they wanted to steal to begin with.
  • 0
    StewieRox Jan 25, 09
    Who the frig would break into a house to steal a tarantula? I mean, yeah, it costs a good amount, but there must have been tons of games all scattered around the floor, plus an xbox 360 would give them a LOT more money.
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    Seproth Jan 25, 09
    I'd rather get in grab something valuable and get out then spend time taking a 360 and hundreds of games. Better to get a small payday and be free, then risk getting caught.

    You all say stupid. I say a free thief is a smart, or very lucky, thief.
    • 0
      Dark Arcanine Jan 25, 09
      Or very hungry, who's to say he didn't want to eat it?
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        Seproth Jan 25, 09
        Maybe it was Les Stroud of Survivorman from the Discovery channel.

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