Here’s one for the books, one of the craziest pranks I have ever heard. A woman in a Hummer limousine walks into a Burlington coat store, walks up to the register and announces she had won the lottery. Further, she announces that she will be paying for everyone’s purchases up to $500. Well, that was enough to cause a commotion in Columbus, Ohio with people grabbing clothes and other items, lining up at the register and calling all their friends and relatives to do the same. But, as it turned out, it was
a hoax, a crazy prank by a woman named Linda Brown.

Linda Brown’s lottery hoax then caused a riot at Burlington. Angry Burlington customers (angry at Linda Brown and her hoax) realizing that they were not going to get what they wanted and were promised, threw down clothes and thrashed the store. Some even just ran away with them. According to reports, an employee described the aftermath as like hurricane Katrina just went through the store. (Photo Source)

Linda Brown was arrested and kept in jail pending a mental evaluation. No charges have been filed against her pending the result of the evaluation. Meanwhile, police will be studying security tapes to identify the looters.

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