When Monsters Call

and other tales of the strange from the Unalaska Police Blotter:

5 February, Sunday -


18:58, Woman reported receiving an odd call on her business line from a mumbling man who identified himself as Frankenstein and made about as much sense as same.


19:21, An officer investigating the strange abandonment of a Ford Bronco in the middle of the roadway was approached by a man whom he believed was the owner of the vehicle, but who was in fact another person who was also missing his Ford Bronco. After the second Bronco-less man helped the officer find the first one, the abandoned Ford was reunited with its rightful owner. The second Ford remains at large. 

Is that all, you ask? 

Nay! THIS ... IS ... UNALASKAAAAAA!

6 February, Monday -


14:32, A man who had resigned from his job and was trying to leave town called to complain that his previous employer had gone to the trouble of collecting him at the airport after his departing flight was cancelled but had the temerity to leave him sitting in a van for several hours. An officer advised the man there was nothing criminal about being left to his own devices in a van.

8 February, Wednesday -


13:27, A driver who elected to take a running start out of any icy parking lot and into traffic failed to take into account that other motorists might also be using the roadway and promptly struck a passing vehicle. No injuries, moderate damages and the driver was cited for Failure to Exercise Due Care.

11 February, Saturday -


02:29, Taxi driver reported a man wearing a brown sweater and “big ear covers” had departed her taxi without having paid for the ride. An officer contacted the big ear cover-ed man, who insisted there had been a misunderstanding among the taxi driver, the suspect and the suspect’s co-rider and that the fare had already been paid by the co-rider. No criminal charges were filed.

and finally, the big crime wave:

12 February, Sunday -


01:03, Visiting basketball coach requested assistance locating a player who had left the school facility without permission. The player returned to the school of his own accord, after having had pizza with a friend in town.


01:35, Officer observed that two youngsters had clearly been smoking tobacco, in addition to being out past curfew. The tobacco was confiscated and the minors made to contact their parents. 

I think this is the first weekly report I've seen from their blotter that didn't include a drunken brawl or three. Things are looking up, out west. :)