The man was trying to gain access in a grocery store in Redding, California

Mar 29, 2013 15:31 GMT  ·  By

A candidate for “World's Lousiest Burglar” is caught on tape while failing miserably at a grocery store break-in.

Dressed in what he probably thinks are camouflage pants but really look like the lower half of a clown's costume, he wanders around for a bit without a mask on, letting CCTV cams get his face on record, then puts on the mask and tries to break a glass door with a rock.

He gets startled and tries to run off, but trips on the parking lot kerb and lands on his face. The scene seems to me like something out of The Three Stooges.

The Mirror tells us that the thief was spotted at Kent’s Meats & Groceries in Redding, California, and owner Kent Pfrimmer describes this as a burglary attempt like he has never seen before.