<http://www.wsoctv.com/news/14360566/detail.html> - Charlotte News Story - WSOC Charlotte Burka Bandit Hits Hiddenite Bank POSTED: 12:36 pm EDT October 17, 2007 UPDATED: 5:34 pm EDT October 17, 2007 HIDDENITE, N.C. -- Police are investigating an unusual robbery in Hiddenite. Someone dressed in a burgundy burka walked into the People's Bank at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, showed the teller a handgun and demanded money. The robber then took off down N.C. 90 in a burgundy sport utility vehicle. Authorities are looking into whether this bank robbery can be connected to one in Morganton. An androgynously dressed person held up a bank there last week. Officers aren't sure whether they're looking for a man or a woman in either case. Police also think there is a good chance the burka burglar is working with at least one other person, a getaway driver. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'