If you’re reading this, you’ve probably been to a renaissance faire at least once. The turkey legs are overpriced and the “mead” tastes suspiciously like Bud Light with honey in it, but they’re usually a fun date and hey, swords!
Except this particular ren faire went decidedly more Winterfell than the Shire. A bunch of thieves in full knight kit attacked the main tent early Monday morning with a sword and an axe, thumped a few people, and made off with about $25,000 or so in festival revenues.
Yes, it sounds like an Onion article, especially when you discover that all this happened in a town called Bitche. But it turns out that Bitche, near Germany, hosts one of the biggest ren faires in France. Seriously, I checked every single fact I could find about this article and it really does seem to be legit.
OK, be honest, how many of you are thinking, “Man, I wish I’d thought of that”?
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Of course the French would surrender to Renaissance Nerds.
(Which is ironic considering how badass they were back in mediaeval times.)
I’m telling you, man, after Crecy it was just all downhill.
Never been to a Renaissance Fair(e), but suddenly they seem interesting.
If the valiant knight Marky Mark had been verily present at such festivities, such heinous tomfoolery shant’ve occured.