The Well-Oiled Burgler!

My cousin who stays in nearby Kalakshetra Road, told me of an incident in her flat complex.

There are 40 flats in the compound and there would be thieves on the prowl at night.
My cousin's family used to live on the ground floor flat, having a good veiw of the outside areas through all their windows.

One night past 1 a.m., they were all woken up by shouts and sounds from outside. They got up and saw a burgler who was trying to flee from the clutches of the security guard. Some residents had by then come out and tried to catch the thief.
But no one was really able to catch him. It was as if they were all playing, 'catch, catch' with him. He was bare-bodied except for a pair of gloves covering his hands and his underwear. The rest of the body shone in the dark. He had applied oil all over his body!

The burgler seemed very cool about the whole thing. He was sure he will never get caught as he would literally 'slip' out of their hands by being well-oiled. He just jumped over the paraphet wall and was off in the dark in no time. This one seemed aware of the occupational hazard of getting caught but what a brilliant idea to evade it!

When I heard of this, I wondered about these strange, but very clever techniques the burglers use to escape getting caught.
In fact, a burgler has to be smarter than us ordinary folks, to succeed in his nocturnal (mis)adventures.

Mahalakshmi.