Why the remaining refuge occupiers think SEALs are going to come to rescue them [View all]

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From Forbes writer J.J. MacNab's Twitter feed:

JJ MacNab
@jjmacnab

About those Navy Seals.. Now that I have a few minutes to explain why the militants thinks Seals are on the way..


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 40m40 minutes ago

Around midnight last night, new arrival/militant Todd Bethell was manning the entrance to the Refuge.


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 38m38 minutes ago

A large number of militants had decided to take up the FBI's kind offer to run away.


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 37m37 minutes ago

However, the group had blocked the road out with a truck and no one could find the keys to move it out of the way. Hilarity ensued.


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 33m33 minutes ago

A guy named Dillon wandered into the Refuge."I've been coming around" was enough to get him though this highly protected perimeter.


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 28m28 minutes ago

Keys were found. Truck was moved. Blaine Cooper & 2 others left for Idaho at that point, while militants that performed a "perimeter check"


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 27m27 minutes ago

Bethell expressed concern about letting everyone in because he was new, and didn't know who anyone was.


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 30m30 minutes ago

A Vietnam vet guy with long hair, beard, big voice, and bigger ego arrived with a truck filled with guns and powder. <-- Navy Seal


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 28m28 minutes ago

When asked how he got through the FBI road closure, he he scoffed and reminded Bethell that he was a Navy Seal. Bethell expressed doubt.


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 27m27 minutes ago

Doubt was no barrier to this heavily guarded fortress so the Navy Seal and his truck moved into the Refuge.


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 21m21 minutes ago

The Navy Seal promised to return to save the day with 13 fellow Seals (a pod? a herd?)


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 19m19 minutes ago

The Navy Seal's truck, it turned out, carried wood, not guns/powder but the militants remain steadfast in their belief that help is imminent


JJ MacNab ‏@jjmacnab 17m17 minutes ago

I didn't didn't live tweet this last night in case if was an FBI ruse. Feds love ruses.

The end.