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Michael Chiklis portrays The Thing in Fantastic Four movie to be released July 8, 2005. (Photo courtesy Twentieth Century Fox)

INDEPENDENCE TWP., MI - An Oakland County sandwich shop employee was lucky Sunday was not "clobberin' time."

Deputies from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office were dispatched shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday, June 26, to the 5600 block of Sashabaw Road for an unarmed robbery at Jimmy John's.

An employee told deputies a man wearing a mask of Fantastic Four superhero "The Thing" entered the store and approached the front counter.

The suspect reached over the counter and grabbed a $20 bill from the open register, according to police. The employee was able to close the drawer to keep the suspect from taking more money.

Police say the suspect fled the business through the back door and traveled in an unknown direction.

A K-9 was called out in an attempt to track the suspect, but it was unable to locate him. There were no arrests.

The incident remains under investigation.