Dumb Criminals

Out Damned Spot! Out, I Say!

Thursday, August 27th, 2009 • Filed under Other

When it comes to planning ahead, sometimes it helps to planning head. See? Like right there.

An unidentified caller at a Home Depot asked an employee if they rented steam cleaners in order to remove an inordinate amount of blood out of their carpet, according to the Jacksonville Journal-Courier.

A clerk at the store received a call after hours and the woman on the phone seemed “skittish” about identifying herself to the clerk. Wouldn’t you be if you had so much blood on the floor? I wouldn’t want anyone knowing that I had such poor hygiene skills.

The clerk told the woman to come by the store the next morning. Then the clerk told police about the call. No one showed up next morning to rent the steam cleaner. Police never confirmed the identity of the caller or if the person had committed any foul play. So there’s still a job for Billy Mayes and Oxi-Clean out there somewhere, which is double creepy.

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  • Kelly says: December 12th, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    It could be completely innocent, like a German family with a homemade batch of blood sausage. The sausage casing could have split and scattered the contents on the living room or dining room carpet.

  • Willow says: January 26th, 2010 at 3:07 pm

    Yeah becasue that is where you make sausage in the livingroom or dining room!!!

  • Alex says: February 22nd, 2010 at 5:56 am

    she could have been sitting or have fallen asleep on the floor while she was on her period and was embarassed…

  • Leah says: August 1st, 2010 at 2:41 pm

    this could be something completely innocent, i had white carpets once, and a pregnant cat…. not a good combination, when she gave birth, there was a HUGE pool of blood on my carpet… see, something innocent.

  • Lilly says: October 19th, 2010 at 11:32 pm

    Yeah but if she was so innocent she could have explained the mishap to the clerk.

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