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A Florida man wearing an FBI costume may face felony charges after he allegedly shot the owner of a haunted house with a BB gun when he thought the man was actually a frightening prop.

On Halloween, a 47-year-old man who turned his home into a haunted house for people to enjoy without cost was visited by a 20-year-old man dressed as an FBI agent. The man was also reportedly wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a BB gun that looked similar to a Glock handgun when he entered the attraction.

It was reported that the man wandered through the home, and after turning a corner, he came across the homeowner, who was in costume, but not performing at the time. The 20-year-old allegedly grabbed the BB gun and reportedly hit the man in the eye with the handle.

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A man from Massachusetts wearing a banana costume reportedly tried to slip away after he was allegedly caught mid-stream by the police while publicly urinating on the side of a building.

On the evening of October 28, many people in downtown Key West, Florida, were wearing costumes in celebration of Halloween.  There are more than 40 bars in the area, providing them the opportunity to choose just one or visit many of the establishments.

According to reports, it was just after 1:00 a.m., and an officer with the Key West Police Department was patrolling the area when someone came rushing up to him to inform him that someone was publicly relieving themselves on the side of one of the buildings. They described the suspect as a man wearing a banana costume.

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A Florida man dressed up in a Joker Halloween costume was reportedly found in a field in his vehicle with a blood-alcohol level over twice the legal limit. 

Late in the evening on October 28, a 34-year-old man from Ocoee was in Leesburg wearing a Joker costume while behind the wheel of a black Dodge Ram. 

The man reportedly drove his truck into a field in a residential neighborhood. According to reports, the engine was running, and he remained in the spot for a long time. 

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A Tennessee man wearing a gorilla costume allegedly entered the home of residents with whom he was not acquainted causing a 6-year-old girl to become afraid when she encountered him.

31-year-old Richard Muzick resides in the Old Hickory neighborhood of Nashville.

On April 26, Muzick was reportedly wearing a gorilla suit while in the town of Mt. Juliet when he approached a home around 2:00 pm.

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A Russian history professor who is renowned for his depiction of Napoleon was arrested after he was pulled out of a river while intoxicated and in possession of a backpack of limbs that had been removed from a woman’s body.

63-year-old Oleg Sokolov is a professor of history at Saint Petersburg State University who is well-versed in French military history, as well as a top player in historical re-enactment activities. Sokolov has shown a strong attachment to the life of Napoleon Bonaparte by writing more than one book about the French general, in addition to dressing in period costume to depict his likeness at historical events.

For the past 5-years, Sokolov had been dating an ex-student, Anastasia Yeshchenko, who also shared his passion for French history. The couple reportedly lived together and collaborated on some of Sokolov’s writings about Napoleon.

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In Louisiana in mid-February, a man was reported for allegedly peering into the homes of strangers while he was dressed in a full gorilla costume.

A concerned citizen called for police assistance when they believed they had witnessed someone dressed in black that was looking inside of people’s homes without their knowledge.

When the authorities arrived in the reported vicinity of the alleged peeping-Tom activities they came across a man decked out in a black, furry gorilla costume.

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A man wearing a blow-up dinosaur costume has been accused of also having an inflated temper resulting in accusations that he battered his girlfriend during a disagreement.

19-year-old Patrick John Gallway had plans with his 23-year-old girlfriend Teresa on the evening of October 27, and he was awaiting her arrival at his home.

Their plans did not appear to be set in stone because when Teresa reached Gallway’s place she saw that he was wearing an inflatable dinosaur costume in preparation for a Halloween party.

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A woman who is suspected of shoplifting from an Arkansas Walmart while wearing a cow costume allegedly used an appendage on the suit to make an unkind comment to a responding officer.

A security camera inside of a Walmart in Pine Bluff reportedly recorded a woman dressed in a cow costume while in the act of trying to steal Flonase allergy medicine by concealing it in her jacket pocket.

After the suspect and a person that she was shopping in the store with were seen going through the self-checkout they were stopped by the authorities as they were leaving the building.

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A blind and disabled man dressed in a yellow Minion character costume who was entertaining as the mascot of a store on the boardwalk in Daytona Beach was allegedly the victim of a random attack by an Instagram internet performer.

25-year-old Ryan Nihart has two Instagram channels where he posts videos under the name Bouje Ratchet for a fan base of approximately 4,000 followers who view his material.

On Sunday, July 8, Nihart reportedly went to the Daytona Beach boardwalk and approached 40-year-old Jamie Roehm. Roehm is a legally blind and disabled man who dresses in a costume depicting a character from the movie Despicable Me who works as the mascot of Jungle George, a business on the boardwalk.

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