An odd little story out of Canada has gotten even weirder: The five naked people arrested after a car crash had kidnapped three people, the Mounties say.

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Intruder arrested twice at same downtown Santa Cruz business The crash occurred Monday morning on a two-lane road near Nisku, a few miles south of the Edmonton beltway. In the initial report, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said they suspected the collision between the naked people’s car and a pickup truck was intentional.

Now a police press release gives the backstory: The naked five (who may not at that point have been naked) had kidnapped a man, a woman and a 6-week-old baby around 9:30 a.m. Monday in the town of Leduc, police say. The man was put in the trunk of the car.

About 15 minutes later, on the road near Nisku, the man managed to get out of the trunk of the moving car. Amid the chaos, the woman also managed to flee with her baby.

A passerby took the three into his truck and attempted to drive off — and the kidnappers then rammed the rear of his truck, sending both vehicles into a ditch, the RCMP release said.

Police arriving on the scene arrested the naked people, three adults and two youths. The youths were later released without charge.

The adults face charges of kidnapping and resisting arrests. Their victims were targeted, the police say, and all parties knew each other.

The added details did not include any explanation of why the five were naked. They had been identified as four females and one male.

The Edmonton Journal reports that the temperature at 9 a.m. Monday at nearby Edmonton International Airport was 10 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind chill of 0.