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SHOW: KING 5 TV EVENING NEWS 9:00 PM PST October 30, 2009 Friday 102988cd.992 NEWS; Local 503 words
SUSAN CARSON: In spookier news, a swath of unexplainable behavior is making its way through Seattle tonight. Dozens of citizens have taken to the streets, in what seems like rioting.
HAROLD STEVENS: Local law enforcement, however, reports that while these citizens are definitely violent and aggressive, they aren't actually stealing anything. In fact, the most recent reports indicate that they are – well, if you can believe it, biting people.
LIEUTENANT DAVID SAVAGE (Seattle Police Department spokesman): Ah, as of right now, we are still investigating the cause of the recent violence, but we do advise all citizens to remain inside the safety of their homes as much as possible.
SUSAN CARSON: A number of sources have reported that the activity started in several Starbucks cafes ascross the city. We have with us in the studio Paul Jeannot, a manager of a Starbucks on Capital Hill. Hello, Paul.
PAUL JEANNOT (Starbucks manager): Hi, Sarah. Hi, Harold.
SUSAN CARSON: Paul, you've told us that you first noticed some of your patrons acting erratically around 6:00 PM?
PAUL JEANNOT: That's correct, yes. One of our baristas, Heather, came back into the office to tell me that a customer was getting agitated when she'd put the wrong kind of milk in his macchiato. When I came out to talk to him, I noticed a, uh. Well, it was like all the customers were getting frustrated.
HAROLD STEVENS: Frustrated?
PAUL JEANNOT: Yeah. They were sort of bumping into each other and making these – growling noises. And then one of them—well, he bit Heather, the barista. She was taken to the hospital for treatment.
SUSAN CARSON: And then what happened?
PAUL JEANNOT: Well—one of the customers left. He slammed the doors opened and left. One of the glass panes in the door cracked, he opened them so hard.
SUSAN CARSON: That's...that's quite disturbing.
PAUL JEANNOT: Yes. Something similar happened in—I called one of our other managers a few streets away—and he said something similar had happened there.
HAROLD STEVENS: And now there seem to be these riots. Do you think it's anything related to your coffee? It's pretty addictive.
PAUL JEANNOT: Ha ha, well, no, we can't explain it. The other manager jokingly said it was like being in a, ha ha, a zombie apocalypse.
SUSAN CARSON: Well, let's hope not! We actually have one of our field correspondents, Trisha C--
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PETER HARTLEY (on interrupting feed): Hello, Seattle. My name is Peter Hartley. This is a message for Christine Golding. You really think you can ruin someone's career just to save your own and get off scot-free? Not a chance. Happy Halloween, bitch. Enjoy it. It's gonna be biblical.
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HAROLD STEVENS: Are we on air? Are we – okay. Well. That was—we're very sorry about that, folks. Apparently someone is having fun with some Halloween pranks, ha ha. Um.