Pumpkin Bandit Conflict

Pumpkin Bandit Conflict
	The message being discovered by 44cckw, raddicted and Norbert011.
Date	2 October 2022-
Location	Server-wide
Belligerents
Players
Casualties
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The Pumpkin Bandit Conflict is the name given to an ongoing conflict between the players of Betaonline, against an unknown player who goes under the name 'the Pumpkin Bandit'.

History

Oak Hills Heist

At an unknown point before 2 October 2022, a player going under the pseudonym 'the Pumpkin Bandit', would rob the bank and all stores of Oak Hills. He would leave a message outside of the AFK Pool, and leave blood trails (redstone) all across town.

44cckw was the first player who noticed this, and would immediately notify raddicted and Norbert011. They would all gather around the AFK Pool and read a series of signs that the bandit had left. It was an attempt at extortion; the Pumpkin Bandit demanded diamond blocks, otherwise he would blow up the town.

The detailed plan of operations left by the bandit.

Slimeball Campsite

While visiting the town of Slimeball, raddicted and Norbert discovered an abandoned campsite left by the bandit on 3 October 2022. The campsite contained a detailed series of signs, which said that 'they' had stolen their homes in the desert, and that the Pumpkin Bandit would recruit more pumpkinmen to his cause, and set up a permanent base of operations somewhere on the server.

Around the same time, the extortion letter left by the bandit outside of the AFK Pool was destroyed by an unknown player. Wherever this was the Pumpkin Bandit removing evidence or if it was an unrelated grief, is unknown.

Possible Suspects

It is unknown who the Pumpkin Bandit is, though players have speculated that it could be one of these players;

46mm was one of the first people who got accused of the crimes. He has had a long history on the server for causing chaos, mainly during the Dupe War, so it could be possible that he has returned.
Withermann is a major suspect. He is known on the server for creating pumpkinmen, which is what the Pumpkin Bandit refers to at his Slimeball campsite. Wither also has created multiple settlements all across the server, so this campsite could be another one of his creations.
CalmCreeper360 is another major suspect. He claims that a secret tunnel-network exist in Oak Hills, named the Finternet. He could have used these tunnels to travel around the town unnoticed, and rob the stores by digging tunnels underneath them.
While unlikely, Mope222 could potentially be the Pumpkin Bandit, as there were blood trails running towards his house. This was however disregarded quickly as a red herring, as the Pumpkin Bandit could've possibly tried to frame Mope for the crimes.