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Much to the chagrin of a truck owner in New Orleans, a mannequin kept in the vehicle to deter thieves backfired spectacularly when it terrified some would-be burglars who opened fire on the vehicle. According to a local media report, the wild incident (seen in the video above) occurred this past weekend when a group of sticky-fingered ne'er-do-wells was breaking into cars along a street in the wee hours of the morning. Their petty pillaging took an explosive turn, however, when the miscreants arrived at a Toyota truck and encountered an unexpected 'stranger' that had them reaching for their guns.
More on this wild story, including security footage of the crooks unloading on the truck, at the Coast to Coast AM website.