Fight, flight or strip. Confronted by an angry mob, a woman accused of being a thief in China went with the latter, in a bare attempt to avoid punishment and confuse her pursuers.
According to Shanghai-based news website The Paper, the spectacle took place at a bus stop in Hunan province’s Shuangqing district in the city of Shaoyang on Tuesday morning.
One eye witness surnamed Liu said he saw a younger woman run from the bus and an older woman yell “catch the thief.”
With one man heeding the call and grabbing the fleeing filcher, things got desperate and a little weird.
Like a trapped animal chewing off its foot to escape a trap, the woman began shedding layers, startling her captor and prompting him to release his grip.
Judging by the video below, however, the shock tactics didn’t work for long, with some bystanders seemingly unperturbed, and perhaps even emboldened, by nudity.
According to The Paper, citing a Weibo post by the Shuangqing Branch of the Public Security Bureau, police eventually detained the 30-year-old woman for questioning.
Her motivation for stripping, it stated, was to confuse the crowd and avoid punishment.
Props for trying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDnG-ctoKYg
