like I’ve already said, this one is of local concern. But since I’ve been obsessed with mentioning it here over and over again, I thought I’d go ahead and let you know the swirling Eddie of understated intrigue that happens here – – during rodeo week, in Redding, Ca.

REDDING, Calif. – Kicking off this year’s Redding Rodeo, the “Lone Strangers” staged a mock-bank robbery today at Five Star Bank on Hartnell Avenue in Redding.

The public is invited to guess who’s playing this year’s masked bandits and find their “loot.”

Clues on the strangers’ identity: “The bandits used a hatchet type shovel to escape the jail…the Asphalt Cowboys shot holes in their jeans to no avail.”

Clues for the location of the loot: 

” A paper tree for the loot…crossing the river is a hoot.”

If you think you know the identity of the Lone Strangers or have found the loot, call 530-223-1188.

I think I have an idea already.