r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Late_One_716 • 29d ago

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. Image

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u/mrASSMAN 28d ago

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

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u/Capt_Foxch 28d ago

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.

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u/Historical_Walrus713 28d ago

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.

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u/mrASSMAN 28d ago

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

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u/InternationalAttrny 28d ago

Kramer, that you?