Monday, October 7, 2013

Battery blunder trips up Banksy art show, but did it reveal his identity? (VIDEO)

Battery blunder trips up Banksy art show, but did it reveal his identity? (VIDEO)

The notorious yet anonymous graffiti artist has been in New York showcasing new work, but a technical snafu in a delivery truck sent two men in overalls into a frenzy. The two hopped in the vehicle and drove away, but Banksy fan Thomas McKean caught up with the pair. When McKean asked one of them if he was Banksy, the man simply smirked and said, 'No man, I'm a truck driver.'

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As the crowd swelled to several hundred, the lights inside the truck suddenly cut out at 9 pm. One of the men he'd seen on the street ran over, shut the back of the van and jumped in the passenger seat, while the other guy hopped in the driver's seat. Our witness followed them in his car as they took off, stopping for gas at FDR and 34th St. The two seemed to be fiddling with what looked like an external battery on the outside of the truck, said Thomas McKean, 26. They both were talking frantically on cell phones, he said. He approached one and said "Are you banksy?" and the guy smirked and replied, "No man, I'm a truck driver."

Popular graffiti artist Banksy may have been betrayed by a bad battery. A witness tells us an elaborate Banksy installation appeared to suffer a technical failure Saturday night as admiring hordes crowded around it on St. Marks Place.

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