Curse of the green underpants

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | February 9, 2004 | AAP

[aculeus]

A half-man, half-beast, dubbed the "kolor ijo" or "green underpants", has been blamed for stalking Jakarta's outskirts, attacking people with its claws and raping lone women.

Terrified residents set up special kolor ijo patrol squads, while others draped their homes in magic talismans to ward off the creature.

The whole city has been transfixed by the rampage, with television crews and newspapers joining the hunt, uncovering a well-travelled beast that roamed from the city's main airport in the north-west to Bogor in the south, a distance of around 80 kilometres.

And to make matters worse, the beast also seemed unencumbered by some of the planet's worst traffic snarls in between his wide-ranging attacks.

Police were confident they had ended the hunt last week after arresting a kolor ijo innocuously named Andi in the southern suburb of Benkasi.

Andi, 20, who was today undergoing psychiatric evaluation, apparently admitted membership of gang of burglars who wore green underwear during their crimes, with police taking into their possession a pair of his blue-green boxer shorts.

But others weren't so sure.

Many believed the beast was either still on the run, or a figment of the imagination of notoriously-superstitious Indonesians, who still commonly consult witch-doctors for common problems or ailments, despite the country being a Muslim stronghold.

Only recently many Jakartans swore never to use the city rail system again after a "ghost" commandeered an empty commuter train and drove it from Bogor to Jakarta.

Amid the kolor ijo panic, one young woman confessed she slashed her arms with razor blades to mimic cuts from the beast's claws to try and sell her story.

One leading psychologist lamented the city's sense of the supernatural.

"It's shocking that a natural disaster like bird flu doesn't cause panic, but something so stupid spreads like this," he told The Jakarta Post newspaper.

[ISonnet]

"A half-man, half-beast, dubbed the "kolor ijo" or "green underpants", has been blamed for stalking Jakarta's outskirts, attacking people with its claws and raping lone women."

The 'Toon getting ready for St. Patrick's Day?

[Kay Syrah]

And to make matters worse, the beast also seemed unencumbered by some of the planet's worst traffic snarls in between his wide-ranging attacks.


For that reason alone, we should salute this beast. Greenunderpants has a nice ring as a screen name.

[nuconvert]

LOL!

Green seems to be very popular.

Maybe next week, we'll read that the fad has grown to include pink.

[Alouette]

[bigcat00]

Green underpants...hmmmm....Boxers or briefs?

[sticker]

It's just moldy Sponge Bob.

[Constitution Day]

"The 'Toon getting ready for St. Patrick's Day?"

[stainlessbanner]

Green pants? That's ridiculous!

[Tijeras_Slim]

The first metrosexual western...

[general_re]

Terrified residents set up special kolor ijo patrol squads...

The neighborhood watch program swings into action...

[Constitution Day]

Lord have mercy!

[Constitution Day]

Fearful residents run in terror after watch program is fully implemented...

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I reckon that Jakarta is outside the FBI's jurisdiction, otherwise they could just call Scully and Mulder.

[Guvmint_Cheese]

This might help:

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[Guvmint_Cheese]

Dammit! I'm really losing it with this HTML @#$&@#^*$^!!!!

[Alouette]

Boxers of brief?

Article states: "police taking into their possession a pair of his blue-green boxer shorts."

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Chupacabra Alert.

Or..."Dick Grayson, call your office..."

[archy]

Yatta!

[archy]

Or..."Dick Grayson, call your office..."

No, not Dick Grayson, I don't believe....