baggio248
06-07-2004, 11:56 AM
Smart man! I would be freaked out too.
HONG KONG (AP.org) -- An Australian man visiting a southern Chinese city scared off robbers demanding the security code for his ATM card by faking an epileptic seizure.
Tom Beckett was lured into a dead-end alley by two women who said they would take him to a DVD shop in Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong. Five robbers then showed up and took him hostage in a nearby building, the Sunday Morning Post reported.
After finding an automated teller machine card on Beckett, the robbers asked for the number, but Beckett, with his mouth taped, feigned an epileptic seizure, the report said.
The robbers tried to treat him by pouring water over him and massaging his chest - but only after taking his watch and cash, the Post reported.
"They obviously didn't want dead meat on their hands," Beckett was quoted as saying.
The robbers then escorted Beckett out of the building and set him free.
HONG KONG (AP.org) -- An Australian man visiting a southern Chinese city scared off robbers demanding the security code for his ATM card by faking an epileptic seizure.
Tom Beckett was lured into a dead-end alley by two women who said they would take him to a DVD shop in Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong. Five robbers then showed up and took him hostage in a nearby building, the Sunday Morning Post reported.
After finding an automated teller machine card on Beckett, the robbers asked for the number, but Beckett, with his mouth taped, feigned an epileptic seizure, the report said.
The robbers tried to treat him by pouring water over him and massaging his chest - but only after taking his watch and cash, the Post reported.
"They obviously didn't want dead meat on their hands," Beckett was quoted as saying.
The robbers then escorted Beckett out of the building and set him free.