With Occupy Wall Street Waning, Banks Worry About New Protestors

For better or worse (depending on what side of the picket line you were on), the Occupy Wall Street protests have more or less dwindled down to nothing. The occupiers have abandoned the parks, the execs have reclaimed the sidewalks, and downtown coffee shops have returned to normal. However, that doesn’t mean that Seattle’s banks are in the clear.

A Seattle Group called #MicCheckWallst said in a new release they assembled a group of people with psychic powers and through “Channeling the collective strength of their psychic powers, psychic thinking hats, incantation chalkings and dollar bills fastened to their third eyes (and with the help of) renowned world psychic ‘The Magnificent Federico’ who used his remote viewing skills to verify their success,” the group made all the money in the vault at the Bank of America branch at 500 Olive Way in Seattle simply disappear…by moving it to a credit union.

There is no confirmation from Bank of America that any of their vault money disappeared.

Was it a joke? A marketing gimmick for a local credit union? No. The people of #MicCheckWallst are protestors, part of a new breed using viral-friendly bizarre tactics to draw attention. The same group is attributed to an earlier protest, involving showering downtown Seattle with $5,000 in loose cash. The group, an off-shoot of Occupy Wall Street (despite operating nowhere near New York city), hopes to spread their anger toward huge banks through crowd-pleasing theatrics.

These protests, though presently ineffective, present a new challenge to big banks. During the days of Occupy, the protesting crowds drew attention through inconvenience, picket signs, and sheer numbers. Banks adapted, and business felt little change. In short, Occupy was easy to ignore.

But how do you ignore a group of ‘psychics’ wearing purple wizard hats outside your front doors? How do you ignore thousands of dollar bills raining from the sky? 

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