'Camouflage Ninja' Spotted In Bellevue

BELLEVUE, WA - The real mystery here: if a ninja was wearing camouflage, how could anyone possibly see him? Around 9:30 a.m. last Tuesday a concerned citizen called Bellevue police to report a man dressed head-to-toe in camo holding two swords.

Police responded to the 9800 block of Northrup Way, which is near where SR 520 and I-405 meet, to check it out. The man told police he was just a plain old "camouflage ninja." Police were also able to determine the his swords were just toys.

There's nothing unlawful about dressing like a ninja, so police left. The ninja was last seen getting on a bus and hasn't been seen since.

But maybe we just can't see him?

Photo: Members of Iga ninja group Ashura demonstrate a ninja-inspired martial-art during a press conference by the Japan Ninja Council at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. The Japan Ninja Council, a government-backed organization of scholars, tourism groups and businesses, said that it's starting a Ninja Academy to train people in the art of ninja, and building a new museum in Tokyo devoted to ninja, hooded samurai-era acrobatic spies, set to open in 2018.

Image via Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press