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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Crime Police Investigate Mysterious Coded Message Left At Hospital

Posted by on Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:42 PM

Seattle police were called to Harborview hospital on July 3rd to investigate a bizarre coded message left in the patient intake area earlier that day.

According to a police report, a "nicely dressed" middle-aged man entered the hospital around 10:00 AM and approached a receptionist, and dropped a note on her desk.

About an hour later, the receptionist looked at the note, which was written in code, and immediately contacted hospital security. Harborview security officers were able to decipher the note and turned it over to police, who forwarded it to the bomb squad and intelligence unit for investigation.

A police department spokesman could not provide information about the nature of the note or what it said.

 

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Greg 1
And he would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling kids!
Posted by Greg on July 7, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 2
Wow, that's actually pretty cool. As long as the note didn't say anything threatening, he didn't break any laws, but he sure fucked with their heads a bit.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on July 7, 2009 at 4:53 PM
disintegrator 3
@2 Yes, and fucking with the heads of professionals trying to do their life-saving jobs is exactly what we want.
Posted by disintegrator http://bottlevariation.blogspot.com on July 7, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 4
No, you're right of course, that's not a good idea. But a part of me still admires this guy's ingenuity.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on July 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Urgutha Forka 5
Klaatu Barata Nikto
Posted by Urgutha Forka on July 7, 2009 at 6:49 PM
6
The note said, "Be sure to drink your ovaltine."
Posted by au_gout on July 7, 2009 at 7:07 PM
7
It's a list...of dates. Every major global for the last 50 years in perfect sequence. From a piece of paper that's been buried in the ground for FIVE DECADES.
Posted by Nicholas Cage on July 7, 2009 at 7:25 PM
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>Harborview security officers were able to decipher the note

??!! WTF kind of "coded note" is easily deciphered by hired security that the real police can't divulge? This is what happens when you take wankers seriously.

"The Puzzler" strikes! Raise the signal!
Posted by Paul F on July 8, 2009 at 1:06 AM

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