Ontario police are looking for suspect dressed in a rodent mask following robbery

This man’s disguise to rob a convenience store has resulted in one of the greatest police suspect descriptions ever.

Earlier this week, a man robbed a Mac’s convenience store in Barrie, Ontario in the most unusual way. He was wearing a rodent costume head while committing the crime.

Surveillance video posted on YouTube by Crime Stoppers shows the thief entering the store wearing all black and walking straight to the counter. He then pulls out a knife and demands money from the worker, who complies and gives him the cash. The suspect is then seen leaving the store apparently barefoot.

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Police in Barrie are looking for a male suspect described in their press release as white, skinny built, wearing black pants, long sleeve shirt and that he, “disguised himself by wearing a large rat/mouse mask.”

On Twitter, the Barrie Police refer to the costume head as a rat: “Police smell a rat!”

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Constable Troy Armstrong of Barrie Police told Buzzfeed that the responding officers found the costume head and the knife outside the store.

The investigation is ongoing and police are asking the public for help in identifying the suspect. Hopefully someone will recognize the rodent thief.