Doors were broken, and shoppers were scraped and bruised as thousands surged through the Boise Towne Square Mall in Boise, Idaho at 1am this morning. Raw video shot by KTVB shows rampage hordes trying to squeeze themselves through just two doors at one mall entrance. It appears that some of the doors swung outward and it was impossible to open them with the crush of consumers pushed up against the glass.
The pile of flesh is so great that the first shoppers literally have to pry and pull themselves into the mall. Screams are heard, one girl is crying and holding her face, and a pregnant mother is barely able to get her belly inside. It’s like watching a herd of hogs trying to pass through a thimble. Even with this commotion, the overall mood is bright and exuberant as shoppers race to get their hands on holiday deals.
VIDEO: Thousands smush through doors into Boise mall [KTVB] (Hat tip to WhatThe…!)
Bumps, bruises & broken doors as 10k jam into mall [KTVB]
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No one got shot or stabbed this Black Friday? I’ve seen better shopping rage than this.
@meneye: Sorry, but maybe she’s just fat? Wouldn’t be the first time…
They should combine this with the Running of the Bulls. Same thing, but everyone has to squeeze through 2 mall doors at the end.
I bet people would actually do it too if way on the other end of the mall they had placed video game systems! For some reason people seem to lose all sese of reality when video game systems are involved!
Mall Race 2000, anyone?
Oh, shit. All the movie writers are on strike. Never mind.
@trai_dep: Shhhh it is bad enough they are remaking most of the good movies anyhow, don’t give them any ideas.
ahh, American culture: consumption, the yankees, and obesity. We really are a bunch of substantive insightful people aren’t we?
I think instead of the the Holiday Shopping Season we should start calling it “Spendapalooza”.
@LipstickLibrarian: Hey, I was at the front row of Morrissey’s show in Sun City, AZ and it was NOTHING like this at all!