Fox Affiliate Tweets Suspect Sketch, Gets Inundated with Jokes

Local news affiliates are, well, local. They’re there for the fluffy stories, the petty crimes, and the coverage when a national story is taking place within their own jurisdiction. Philadelphia’s Fox 29 was just trying to be helpful when they released the following sketch of a robbery suspect:

Police release sketch in Berks County food mart robbery https://t.co/dD7sxBHANl pic.twitter.com/ykwNXIY4sp

— FOX 29 (@FOX29philly) August 12, 2016

Unfortunately, people following their Twitter account couldn’t get over how hilarious the rendering was. They started suggesting who it just might be.

Nic Cage? Maybe!

@bakkooonn @fox29philly pic.twitter.com/6EH3GQy18I

— ✆ Thug (@eliot) August 12, 2016

David Spade? Possibly!

.@FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/XS6qtFdoUS

— Vice President Tim (@TimBaffoe) August 12, 2016

Fabio? Perhaps!

@FOX29philly Fabio gotta chill. pic.twitter.com/k1SEpJ5OwB

— RU$HI (@rushixo) August 12, 2016

A gremlin? Could be!

I think I found your suspect @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/6cbjPqIQUJ

— pelus (@apeloos) August 12, 2016

A PokéMon? Why not?

.@FOX29philly @NHLFlyera i think I found your suspect pic.twitter.com/yDMGBvMuzZ

— nobody (@petbugs13) August 12, 2016

Old Gregg? There’s an idea!

@FOX29philly did they steal Baileys? pic.twitter.com/OfzA9SWOr9

— HeisenBurgh (@tribe412) August 12, 2016

The Geico caveman? What if…?

@FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/DTqEYBfCeU

— Reggie Jackson (@thahead1) August 12, 2016

That girl from Napoleon Dynamite? Who knows?

@FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/BraXP1bZOZ

— josh (@Mccashy) August 12, 2016

More than anything, people seemed truly shocked by how bad the drawing was:

@pukekiller @FOX29philly @incestguy that person got PAID! To draw that! Real money! They made more than all of us today I bet!

— Go To Hell, 6loods! (@PeasParsley) August 12, 2016

@FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/LPkjd1vkCg

— Huskie (@NavyHuskie) August 12, 2016

@FOX29philly This is what happens on ‘bring your kid to work’ day

— shane smith (@shanestar) August 12, 2016

@FOX29philly Police also released this photo of a possible accomplice pic.twitter.com/RpFm5YsOEl

— Light Bringer (@Alex00Sunshine) August 12, 2016

@FOX29philly Forget the police. Get the Monster Squad. pic.twitter.com/cEd1tugYVk

— Bo Chappell (@infrafan) August 13, 2016

@FOX29philly how tf did nobody notice Chewbacca smh

— BEETLE BAYLEY (@beetlebayley219) August 13, 2016

@FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/UxKf5TO09n

— Bleek (@shockadelicaa) August 12, 2016

@FOX29philly @BAKKOOONN pic.twitter.com/UmQmWRAhAG

— Brian (@bstaffor) August 12, 2016

@FOX29philly Y'all gonna be laughing out of the other side of your face when they catch him & he looks exactly like this.

— P1Rick (@P1Rick) August 12, 2016

Bad drawing. Great content. Good night.

[image via screengrab]

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