Fear of elves made Montreal man get powerful guns

CTV ^ | October 15, 2010 | Canadian Press

[Loyalist]

MONTREAL — A man charged with uttering death threats on Facebook armed himself with high-powered weapons because he feared he was being stalked by elves, a Montreal court was told Wednesday.

Quebec provincial police told David Abitbol's bail hearing that he told a friend on the Internet that his .12-gauge shotgun was just what he needed to kill the mythical creatures.

A disturbing portrait emerged of the 28-year-old Abitbol during Wednesday's proceedings in which the Crown reported that an initial evaluation indicated that he was fit to stand trial.

"There's nothing at this point to make us doubt his ability to appear or his fitness to stand trial," said prosecutor Steeve Lariviere.

Besides uttering death threats on the Internet, Abitbol also had child pornography charges laid against him on Wednesday. He had also been previously charged with improperly storing his five firearms.

Sgt. Mathieu Bouliane, a Quebec provincial police investigator, read numerous messages Abitbol had written to correspondents on the Internet in which he said he repeatedly saw and heard elves at home and in stores.

At one point, after hearing static on his office walkie-talkie, he complained the elves had followed him there and he would quit if they showed up again.

[CPOSharky]

...a .12-gauge shotgun...

A 12 gage was originally defined by a sphere of lead weighing 1/12 of a pound. Therefor a .12 (decimal twelve) gage would be defined by a sphere of lead weighing eight pounds. Definately high powered.

[mountainlion]

Sounds like a 8 pound cannon to me.

[OneWingedShark]

> “.12-gauge shotgun”

Yeah, I’d think a .12 ga would be classified as “powerful.”
.12 ga -> ~3.387 cal

[OneWingedShark]

>“high-powered weapons”
>Sheesh. The only two they listed was a 12 gauge & a .45acp.

No, no, no... it was a .12-gauge that was listed... that’s about a 3.39 inch diameter.

[TexasRepublic]

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I never trusted elves either. Come to think of it — I like caves. Am I part dwarf?

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

“I wonder what Dennis Kucinich was doing in Quebec.”

Probably hiding from UFOs. He’s picked sides between the grays and some other alien race.

[null and void]

I never trusted elves either. Come to think of it — I like caves. Am I part dwarf?

Dunno. Just how tall are you?

[null and void]

Probably hiding from UFOs. He’s picked sides between the grays and some other alien race.

Reptoids

[Impy]

Do like stealing underwear? If so you may be part gnome. ;d

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

“Dunno. Just how tall are you?”

2’4”. Taller than my mom, but my Dad’s a couple inches taller than me.

[null and void]

Half dwarf.

[Yardstick]

What a maroon. Everyone knows there’s no elfs in that part of Canada.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Naw, I’m just grumpy.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

‘Half dwarf’ and all crazy.

[null and void]

You do fit in extraordinarily well here...

[EternalVigilance]

Must have been the swords that scared him.

[MaggieCarta]

Naw, I’m just grumpy.

:)

Thanks for the link, AW!M ! I'd read through the rest of them, but...I'm sleepy.

[MHGinTN]

Troll, Kucinich is elf and Waxman is dwarf. Obamao is fairy.

[MaggieCarta]

"There's nothing at this point to make us doubt his ability to appear or his fitness to stand trial," said prosecutor Steeve Lariviere...

Thank you, Loyalist! Always a treat to see how differently our Canadian cousins view the court system.