Annals of Law Enforcement
Trolls Terrorize Town’s Overpasses
By Richard Martin, 7-13-06
Just a day after the public anguish surrounding the appearance (and subsequent arrests) of disrobed cyclists on World Naked Bike Day, Boulder has a new crisis on its hands: bridge trolls.
Fueled by a couple of tabs of LSD and brandishing broken golf clubs, 19-year-old Robert Hibbs, of Boulder, installed himself on the pedestrian bridge over Foothills Parkway and started demanding a dollar from each pedestrian and biker attempting to cross. When the police showed up, as they invariably do in such situations, Hibbs called himself a troll and insisted that he owned the bridge, according to Jeff Thomas, writing for YourHub.
According to Hibbs' fellow-troll Bradley Boville, the decision to commandeer the bridge arose from a dilemma we all find ourselves in from time to time: "The two had rolled a big joint," Thomas reported, "and found themselves without either a lighter or a dollar with which to buy a lighter."
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