Windfall or Heist?

 

Jack Simpson’s story that he was pursued to his back yard on the 8^th March by a furious ogre seeking a bag of gold coins has met with widespread scepticism in the Dry Gully community.  This doubt has been further fanned by Mr Simpson’s statement that the ogre used an enormous beanstalk to make his entry to the property.

Mr Simpson maintains that he acquired the bag earlier when he climbed the beanstalk to the ogre’s castle and was presented with the cache of gold coins by the ogre’s wife.  He claims that this was a legitimate gift and not the proceedings of a theft.

 When asked to explain the lack of evidence of a beanstalk in the back yard of his mother’s home, Mr Simpson states that the ogre’s weight was such that he fell to the ground, killing himself and bringing the fragile vine with him.  Mr Simpson claims that he immediately fed the remains of the beanstalk into his mulcher.

A local bank manager, Mr Hercules Walker, has confirmed that Mr Simpson brought into his bank an extremely valuable collection of golden coins on the afternoon of 8^th March, 2013, but neighbours continue doubtful of the story of how it was acquired.  Mr Peter Zendow, a fellow resident of Dry Gully Creek, says that he is very doubtful that there ever was a beanstalk or, indeed, an ogre and that the golden coins were probably the proceeds of a brazen theft.

Mr Simpson is being held in the Townsville Watch House pending committal proceedings.  Police believe that the absence of a beanstalk in Mr Simpson's back yard creates a strong case for an as-yet-undiscovered robbery from a domestic safe or a bank.