A Pennsylvania man dressed as a popular video game character robbed a convenience store. Police are now looking for the suspect, whose crime was captured on CCTV.
The fully-masked “Creeper” hoodie the robber wore concealed his identity.
In the video game popular with children, players mine for ore and other materials and build structures and a variety of contraptions in a randomized environment made entirely out of blocks. The Creeper is a green blocky character with a vine-like texture that explodes when it creeps near players and is considered the game’s most iconic character.
Clothing and apparel designed after the Creeper, including the full-masked hoodie worn by the robber, are sold as merchandise for fans of the Microsoft-owned game.
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