Ninjas live!

Apparently, three ninjas were apprehended in Rogue River, Oregon. It's a good thing the police have captured these menaces. Rumors that they were there training for attacks against pirates operating in the North Pacific are completely unconfirmed.

'Ninja' teens in Oregon not as swift as those in movies
Seattle Post-Intelligencier

ROGUE RIVER, Ore. - The three teenagers in hooded black outfits were scampering over rooftops, climbing trees "just like a squirrel," and breaking into houses and cars, police said.

But they weren't quite as slick as their Japanese ninja heroes.

Earlier this summer, an officer chased one of the wannabees across a school rooftop, but the youth leaped into a nearby tree, said police chief Ken Lewis.

Breaking branches on the way down, "he gave a yelp of pain," and then he scrambled away, Lewis said.