Batman sighting puts schools on lockdown

Uhm...yeah...OK. So the school shut down becasue a guy in a Batman costume ran acrossed the yard, didn't bother anyone, didn't show any skin, and just ran away. Glad to see we are so amused in this country by weirdos. Glad to see we are so amused that schools shut down to talk about comic book characters running acrossed our playgrounds. Awesome.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - To an Arizona middle school, Batman! Three schools in the north Phoenix suburb of Cave Creek were on lockdown for about 45 minutes Wednesday morning after a student at Desert Arroyo Middle School reported seeing a person dressed as Batman run across campus, jump a fence and disappear into the desert, Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark said.

The student described the person as 6 feet 3 inches tall and possibly male.

"We're assuming it was male, although they did have a mask on," Clark said.

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