On March 25, in Bowen 100, a meeting was held to discuss actions to be taken regarding ABAC mascots Thunder and Lightning. Video footage from March 21 was found of Thunder and Lightning invading the ABAC’s farm and stealing several pieces of farm equipment.
One of ABAC’s board members, Dr. Winnie, led the meeting and discussed possible punishments for Thunder and Lightning and how this situation happened in the first place. According to some eyewitnesses, they say that they saw two white Ford pickup trucks with trailers on the back of them arrive at the farm with what appeared to be Thunder and Lightning driving them. However, video footage from the farm’s cameras was pulled to confirm that the eyewitness’s stories were true.
Professor of gravity and ABAC’s farm supervisor, Dr. Sheldon, listed off several items that were taken from the farm like the new John Deere S1000 lawn mower, the new swisher twenty-four inch walk behind rough cut mower, an ECHO SRM- two hundred and twenty-five trimmer, and many more items. According to Dr. Sheldon, the estimated overall cost of all the items taken was around sixty thousand seven hundred and twenty-three dollars and fifty cents.
Now head of the Thunder and Lightning mascot outfits, Dr. Larry reported on March 14 that the outfits were stolen from his office in Tift Hall, and when he tried to go back and check the cameras, there was no footage of the incident found. Dr. Larry also asked several faculty and staff to see if anyone saw who did it, but no one was around when it happened.
The assistant of the Thunder and Lightning mascot outfits, Dr. Sand, explained how anyone at ABAC can have access to the outfits if they fill out the forms for them and if that form is approved. But to access the lockers that the outfits were in, you either needed to be Dr. Sandy or Dr. Larry or somehow have found a way to make another key for the lockers.
However, the head of ABAC’s police department, Captain Gary, explained that the lockers were forced open with what appeared to be bolt cutters that were used on them. Captain Gary also explained that the investigation for who was behind the mask is still ongoing, with several students, faculty, and staff being named.
Now, if you are reading this, it’s too late because you have been pranked.
Happy April Fools’ Days!!!