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An armed suspect dressed as an oversized purple Teletubby is wanted by police in London, Ontario in connection with a robbery on Halloween.

A woman reports she was walking home alone just after midnight, when she was approached by a man dressed as a Teletubby, carrying a handgun.

Police say he demanded money from the victim, then fled on foot with an amount of cash.

The suspect is described as a 6 ft. 2 in. man weighing 200 to 240 pounds, with short dark hair, clean shaven, and a muscular build.

No injuries are reported.

UPDATE FROM: Packet & Times, 02 Nov 2009

Halloween took a bizarre and frightening turn in London early yesterday morning when a man dressed as a Teletubby robbed a woman at gunpoint.

London police say the gun-toting Teletubby confronted the woman just after midnight and demanded cash. The woman, in her 20s, gave money to the robber.

The woman wasn't injured but her misfortune wasn't hers alone.

A second man dressed in costume was later stopped in the area by police and questioned -- but police had the wrong Teletubby.

The woman said the man who robbed her was between 6 foot 2 and 6 foot 4, 200 to 240 pounds and had a muscular build, short, dark hair and was clean shaven.