Wildlife Officer Spots Crab Legs in a Woman's Jacket Hood

Four people thought they were going to make a quick buck, or enjoy a delicacy courtesy of Washington State. WDFW was conducting a routine check of shellfish harvesters on the Tokeland tidelands, when they spotted a man stuffing a live crab into a woman's jacket.

WDFW Video Shows a Man Stuffing Crabs Into a Woman's Jacket Hood

The man made sure to hide the crab by adjusting the woman's rather large sunhat. WDFW Officer Chris Garrison quickly caught up to the poachers. According to a WDFW Facebook post:

Officer Garrison observed crab legs protruding from one the female’s hood. He also noticed that their clothing seemed to droop, showed bulges, and they walked carefully.

In All the Two Couples Were Caught With a Total of 21 Crabs

Officer Garrison asked six times if they had anymore crabs hidden. The couples said, "No" each time. The couples were caught with the crabs in pouches that were sewn into their clothing.

Even when Officer Garrison thought they had removed all the crab, he patted them down and found more. Between the two, they had concealed 21 Dungeness crab on their bodies with 19 being undersized and 1 being a female crab.

All four were criminally cited for illegally harvesting Duneness crabs. 19 were undersized, while one was a female, which law requires to be released.

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