| “ | Leave them in the basement. No one ever goes down there, and if they scream, the walls are soundproof. | „ |
| ~ George Crusteron ordering the fake cops to take the Thea Sisters, Ekana and Renani hostage. |
| “ | Paulina: Come on, we need to get out of here. The resort is about to be flooded with lava! If you stay here, you could be killed! George Crusterson: Nonsense! According to my calculations, the lava will never reach the resort. It's just a false alarm. Fake officer: They're right! On your paws, everyone. We gotta get out of here! Sammy Sharkfur: You and your calculations! You're a dunce, that's what you are! Expert seismologist, my paw! You're nothing but a quack! |
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| ~ Crusterson underestimating the extent of Mauna Loa's eruption. |
Professor George Crusterson is the secondary antagonist of the book Thea Stilton and the Legend of the Fire Flowers. He is a corrupt scientist working with Sammy Sharkfur.
Biography[]
George Crusterson was in charge of the research observatory on Mauna Loa. He was bribed by Sammy Sharkfur to help him in his scheme to build the Fire Flowers Resort next to Mauna Loa. Using a digital selector, Professor Crusterson filtered information on the seismographs coming from the observatory's instruments through his computer. He was thus able to decide what information about Mauna Loa's activity would be passed through the other computers. Crusterson hid the data showing signs of an eruption, so that the researchers were unaware of the danger and Sharkfur would be allowed to build his resort by the volcano.
When the Thea Sisters visited the Fire Flowers Resort, they first spotted Crusterson conversing with Sammy. They saw the professor again at the observatory, where they met him as they were inquiring about the volcanic activity of Mauna Loa from the researchers. After the Thea Sisters and Renani left, Crusterson spied on them from a telescope. After the Thea Sisters, Renani and Sammy's partner Ekana Kahanamoku discovered that Crusterson had stopped the observatory from monitoring the volcano's activity, they were ambushed by Sammy, Crusterson and two fake police officers working for Sammy. The Thea Sisters, Ekana and Renani were bound, gagged, and locked in the basement by the evil rodents, but Ekana's grandfather Nahele rescued them.
As the volcano was erupting, Crusterson was helping Sammy collect his money in his office. When the Thea Sisters warned them to leave, Crusterson said his calculations showed the lava would not reach the resort, but he was soon proven wrong and escaped with the others. After that, Crusterson was arrested along with Sammy and the fake police.