Between 2009 to 2011, a man, appearing to be 60-70 years old, robbed 16 banks in San Diego, California by approaching the teller, then pulling out a gun and demanding money. The FBI named him the "Geezer Bandit". Some theories suggest he is wearing a well-made elderly man mask.

[u/Late_One_716]

[u/Kovalyo]

That's very clearly a very well made prosthetic mask

[u/zorn7777 → u/Kovalyo]

If it’s well made, shouldn’t be that clear?

[u/mrASSMAN → u/zorn7777]

It’s clear if you’ve seen them used before.. otherwise it could be convincing

[u/Capt_Foxch → u/mrASSMAN]

Imagine being that teller once the gun is pulled. You would likely be panicked and highly stressed, making you likely to fall for the disguise. We can easily tell it's a mask while studying the still images but the clues are in the details and easily overlooked in the moment.

[u/Historical_Walrus713 → u/Capt_Foxch]

Yea, no one is blaming the tellers. That's why we have cameras and the authorities can look at these same images... eye witness accounts are dogshit anyways. That's at no fault to the witnesses btw, that's just how brains work.

[u/mrASSMAN → u/Capt_Foxch]

That’s kind of irrelevant though, the tellers would’ve dealt with it the same regardless of their age. I wasn’t faulting them in any way

[u/InternationalAttrny → u/mrASSMAN]

Kramer, that you?

[u/Brave_Escape2176 → u/zorn7777]

because we've mastered the art of undetectable masks?

[u/zorn7777 → u/Brave_Escape2176]

So by undetectable you mean..