Bomb Squad Detonates 8-inch Toy Robot After Terrorizing Rush Hour Traffic [Robots]

Score one for the best guys! A minuscule model robot shut down Denver traffic for hours after someone glued it to the base of a bridge-it was deemed ” suspicious.” So the police blew it up into ” several chunks.”

If you’re wondering why a baby’s toy was ready to paralyze a 100 yard radius of urban space, you aren’t alone! ” I will’t believe it. It is ridiculous,” said one bemused denizen, stopped by police as he tried to pass in the course of the area. Luckily, he was kept faraway from the robot menace. A police spokesman said the bot was blown up to ” render it safe,” later commenting ” It was cemented in. That’s odd.” Although being deemed ” strange” enough to be worth shutting down streets over and later destroying, the toy turned out to be ” plenty of nothing.” But the streets are secure-for now. [ Denver Post via Fark ]

Image Credit: RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

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