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This Unsuccessful Burglar Is the Best at Being the Worst

This Unsuccessful Burglar Is the Best at Being the Worst

By Josh Wolford March 28, 2013

In Redding, California, there is currently a 5′ 11”, 350-pound man still at large who may have just committed one of funniest attempted burglaries in the history of convenient store burglaries. Lucky for us, there’s surveillance footage. [Redding.com via reddit]

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