They say that the RCMP "Always gets their man" but the thing here is, if you study the photo in that article carefully you'll also come to the conclusion that they clearly arrested Santa Claus! - and he looks really grumpy! Boy oh boy, someone's already on this year's Naughty List.
Now, I'm not one to speculate on Santa's guilt or innocence in this matter, but I will say that Santa has a serious motive here, and obviously he's got the transportation capabilities to pull it off, and the engineering know-how. I mean, here's a guy who lives at the north pole which is presently melting into the ocean thanks to the efforts of companies like EnCana, a high-speed aerial sled that can travel at nearly relativistic velocities, and a team of elves capable of making... well, ANYTHING!
So whether Santa did it or not? I don't know, but damn if he didn't have the motive and the means. Good thing he can clearly get out of jail if that's where they put him. Considering his girth and the fact that chimney-transit is common place, a jail cell is nothing for this guy.
Submitted by Happy Prancer on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 19:38.
On The TV news tonight, they said he was arrested for extortion. Then, his lawyer came on the TV and seemed pretty puzzled. He said extortion is a crime where you try and get something from the victim, or try to make the victim do something. It hadn't been made clear to him that any evidence had suggested that such a thing had happened. He didn't have any idea why his client was under arrest for extortion.
Obviously, his lawyer is not the best source on the matter, but then the media didn't know what evidence the police had either. The CBC news article talks about a "trail of evidence" that lead to the farm. What evidence? Why is this guy under arrest for extortion?
One wonders if they just arrested the guy because he did something similar in the past.
Yeah there really is something odd happening here. It doesn't smell right. And we know the RCMP already has a hate-on for this guy, they've been watching him like a hawk since the first recent incident.
Submitted by thenorthedge on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 02:39.
Weird quote:
"We hope this development leads to potential conclusion of these events but that remains to be seen," (EnCana spokesman Alan Boras)
Yeah based on comments and such, seems that they either think he just wrote letters (or the letters) or maybe knows who was involved and they are trying to get him to talk. Or they may think he did it (or planned it) but have no proof other than tying (or trying to tie) the letters to him.
There are way too many comments to go searching through now under the CBC comments but I saw an interesting one that talked about how it would be very difficult for someone to operate in the area who wasn't local or very familiar with the region. Plus the guy is 68 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiebo_Ludwig). It's not impossible, some people are still quite spry at that age, but it seems unlikely that he acted alone if he was involved at all.
I came across some comments referencing police acts in the region and found a couple of interesting comments in this article:
On April 20, 2000 an Alberta court convicted Wiebo Ludwig, a farmer and preacher, of bombing gas wells owned Alberta Energy Co. Ltd. (AEC). Ludwig claimed his wife miscarried a child because of sour gas exposure. During their investigation of Ludwig and his associates, police admitted to blowing up a gas well themselves in order to gain credibility for an informant.
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In Alberta alone there were “more than 160 incidents of sabotage” against resource industries (oil, gas, hydro and forestry) between 1997 and 1999 causing “millions of dollars in damages,” according to documents released from a freedom of information request to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). The heavily censored documents do not provide figures for 21st century sabotage. Sources familiar with the issue say the numbers are far higher than 160 incidents.
The thing is...
They say that the RCMP "Always gets their man" but the thing here is, if you study the photo in that article carefully you'll also come to the conclusion that they clearly arrested Santa Claus! - and he looks really grumpy! Boy oh boy, someone's already on this year's Naughty List.
Now, I'm not one to speculate on Santa's guilt or innocence in this matter, but I will say that Santa has a serious motive here, and obviously he's got the transportation capabilities to pull it off, and the engineering know-how. I mean, here's a guy who lives at the north pole which is presently melting into the ocean thanks to the efforts of companies like EnCana, a high-speed aerial sled that can travel at nearly relativistic velocities, and a team of elves capable of making... well, ANYTHING!
So whether Santa did it or not? I don't know, but damn if he didn't have the motive and the means. Good thing he can clearly get out of jail if that's where they put him. Considering his girth and the fact that chimney-transit is common place, a jail cell is nothing for this guy.
TV News
On The TV news tonight, they said he was arrested for extortion. Then, his lawyer came on the TV and seemed pretty puzzled. He said extortion is a crime where you try and get something from the victim, or try to make the victim do something. It hadn't been made clear to him that any evidence had suggested that such a thing had happened. He didn't have any idea why his client was under arrest for extortion.
Obviously, his lawyer is not the best source on the matter, but then the media didn't know what evidence the police had either. The CBC news article talks about a "trail of evidence" that lead to the farm. What evidence? Why is this guy under arrest for extortion?
One wonders if they just arrested the guy because he did something similar in the past.
-Dan
Clarification
He's arrested, but not charged yet. The rumour is that they will charge him with extortion.
-Dan
oddness
Yeah there really is something odd happening here. It doesn't smell right. And we know the RCMP already has a hate-on for this guy, they've been watching him like a hawk since the first recent incident.
Comments
Weird quote:
Yeah based on comments and such, seems that they either think he just wrote letters (or the letters) or maybe knows who was involved and they are trying to get him to talk. Or they may think he did it (or planned it) but have no proof other than tying (or trying to tie) the letters to him.
There are way too many comments to go searching through now under the CBC comments but I saw an interesting one that talked about how it would be very difficult for someone to operate in the area who wasn't local or very familiar with the region. Plus the guy is 68 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiebo_Ludwig). It's not impossible, some people are still quite spry at that age, but it seems unlikely that he acted alone if he was involved at all.
I came across some comments referencing police acts in the region and found a couple of interesting comments in this article:
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/2914
This national post article says that police blew up a shack near a gas well, not a gas well - a rather substantial difference.
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2010/01/09/timeline-the-history-of-wiebo-ludwig.aspx