A Real Life James Bond!

[300EVIL]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- It wasn't the preferred way to enter the Knoxville Museum of Art, but Richard Anthony Smith told police he was on a mission.

The 25-year-old Knoxville man called 911 from his cell phone before dawn Wednesday saying he was trapped in an air conditioning duct leading from the museum roof, Knoxville police spokesman Darrell DeBusk said.

Police and firefighters reached the roof, found a rope and cable and followed them to a vent shaft. Peering inside, they spotted Smith about 45 feet down.

"Mission failed," he told them.

Hoisted up and read his rights, Smith told police he was a "special agent from the United States Illuminati, badge number 0931" and had rappelled onto the museum from a helicopter, a police report said.

He said he was following orders to "defuse and confiscate" a Soviet-made nuclear warhead, specifically a "MERV6SS-22AN" warhead, according to the report. The bomb supposedly was hidden in a blue, plastic cow sculpture in the museum basement, he said.

However, Smith told officers his "agency" called while he was in air-vent limbo to say it made a mistake and the bomb might be in a Memphis museum instead.

Police charged Smith with aggravated robbery. He was being held on $2,000 bond at the Knox County Jail. Authorities said he did not have a lawyer.

"Fortunately he was able to reach his cell phone," DeBusk said, "or he may not have been found for quite some time."

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[aklim]

WWMG? What Would MacGyver do?

[Hatterasguy]

Classic!

[Mistress]

"Q" would never have let that happen in real life.

[Fulcrum525]

Looks like someone left his laser watch on the nightstand.

[Mistress]

Originally Posted by Fulcrum525

Looks like someone left his laser watch on the nightstand.

Maybe he let Batman borrow it.

[Fulcrum525]

Originally Posted by Mistress

Maybe he let Batman borrow it.

If thats true then the Joker stole it.

[Carleton Hughes]

[Chad300tdt]

However, Smith told officers his "agency" called while he was in air-vent limbo to say it made a mistake and the bomb might be in a Memphis museum instead.

I wonder why his "agency" didn't come to retrieve him and keep the mission in the black?

[aklim]

Originally Posted by Chad300tdt

I wonder why his "agency" didn't come to retrieve him and keep the mission in the black?

As usual, should you or any member of your I.M. Force be captured or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your existence. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Richard.

[Chad300tdt]

Originally Posted by aklim

As usual, should you or any member of your I.M. Force be captured or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your existence. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Richard.

Interesting that with his extensive training he felt it was proper protocol to tell 911 and the local authorities of his mission details.

[aklim]

Originally Posted by Chad300tdt

Interesting that with his extensive training he felt it was proper protocol to tell 911 and the local authorities of his mission details.

Who ever told you that it was the true mission he disclosed. Might be a red herring mission.

[Chad300tdt]

Originally Posted by aklim

Who ever told you that it was the true mission he disclosed. Might be a red herring mission.

I hadn't thought of that. So would the bomb he mentioned actually fit inside a blue plastic cow sculpture?

[aklim]

Originally Posted by Chad300tdt

I hadn't thought of that. So would the bomb he mentioned actually fit inside a blue plastic cow sculpture?

Probably. He might just be the "rearguard" and the bomb is already somewhere else for all you know.

[TheDon]

they sent us the bomb