Baa-rmy Fugitives 'Dress Up As Sheep'

m@cc@ · 15-04-2010 6:11am #1

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Two robbers on the run from a maximum security jail have pulled the wool over police's eyes - by disguising themselves as sheep.
Argentineans Maximiliano Pereyra and Ariel Diaz wrapped themselves in full sheepskin fleeces - including heads - to evade a manhunt involving 300 police officers.
They reportedly stole the disguises from a nearby farm after making their escape, The Sun has claimed.
The pair have spent the past week hiding among the thousands of sheep at the farm, named La Almeda.
Embarrassed police have conceded that spotting them will be "almost impossible".
However, locals claim to have seen Pereyra, 25, and 28-year-old Diaz, sprinting through the fields under the cover of darkness.
A worker at the farm said: "They were wearing grey clothes but had full sheepskins, including the sheeps' heads, over their heads and backs."
But despite being fooled, some police seem to have seen the lighter side of the great escape.
One sheepish officer reportedly quipped: "They can't pull the wool over our eyes forever."
The pair had been jailed for robbery offences.

I'm guessing it left the cops feeling pretty sheepish.