Piggyback Bandit....ummm...WTF?!
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:28 pm
http://espn.go.com/high-school/story/_/ ... -northwest
What a f'n weirdo.Shayegan's antics stretch back to 2008 and had been mainly confined to Washington and Oregon. But since last fall, he has worked his way east to Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota, leaving a trail of befuddled athletes in his wake.
Shayegan has asked for piggybacks, attempted to pay for piggybacks and just sprung one upon an unsuspecting kid. He favors basketball games, but he also has leapt onto hockey, soccer and football players.
He has pretended to interview athletes for a term paper, acted as a team manager or just tried to blend in with the crowd for a piggyback payoff.
Why he does it is unclear, as is who came up with the "Piggyback Bandit" nickname that now follows him wherever he goes.