Pizzeria tricked into making 178 pizzas

AMHERST, Mass., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The manager of a Massachusetts pizzeria said the business is out $3,900 after a man who claimed to be from Bob Dylan's stage crew ordered 178 pizzas.

Sean McElligott, manager of Antonio's in Amherst, said the store was "too trusting" when a man in his 40s wearing Bob Dylan backstage concert credentials came in and asked if they could produce 178 extra-large pizzas to feed the singer's concert crew, The (Springfield, Mass.) Republican reported Thursday.

"We stayed there until 5 in the morning making the pizza," he said. "The request seemed legitimate."

McElligott said they realized the order was bogus when the man never returned for the pizza.

"We would have liked to show off the pizza and serve somebody famous," McElligott said.