Fishing one park lake once, me and a mate were both fishing in a swim near the car park, mainly to keep an eye on the car. On the second night a red van pulls up at about 2.30am without lights, waits in the car park until another blue van pulls up about about 10 minitues later. They could not see us but we could see them and they started taking things out of one van and loading them into the other. Then they both drive off... anyway about 2 hours later just after first light the police turn up and come over and say there had been an armed robbery on the local garage that night, and they were looking for the owner of a blue van which they had found burned out about 1/2 mile up the road. Thank god they didnt see us, dread to think what they would have done.

Also on the same park lake, a guy I know was fishing with his younger brother - about 3am the police turn up, helicopters everything, with its spotlight right on the bivvy.. few minutes an armed police unit turned up at the bivvy and ordered them out etc. when they relised they were just fishing, they informed them that an escaped mental patient from a local medial unit had gone an stabbed someone, and he had fled in the direction on the lake. My mate said he has never been so scared, goes without saying they packed up, never to return. Was in the local papers and everything.