Media Monday: Calling Shenanigans on the Stolen iPhone

A story developing over the past couple weeks has had me skeptical from day one: apparently some dude found the next version of the iPhone in a Silicon Valley Bar, and sold it to the Gadget Blog Gizmodo for five grand.
And today, the latest twist: A task force raided the Gizmodo editor's home searching for evidence of possession of stolen property.

I call shenanigans. SHENANIGANS, I SAY!!

The suspension of disbelief in this story is just too great. It requires us to accept too many unlikely scenarios:

1. The iPhone 4G prototype could just be taken out of the Apple building.
No way. I am not familiar with Apples' mode of operations, but I'm pretty sure you can't just "borrow" a prototype for any gadget for the night the way a video game store employee would. Especially when said prototype would be as hyped as a new iPhone. And even if it were possible...

2. The person who took it out wouldn't be so careless as to just leave it in a bar.
Steve Jobs looks like an executioner. Tales of his temper have been whispered for years. The person who would be allowed to take such a thing from the Apple offices probably isn't the type of person who goes and gets plastered and tells all his friends. And even if, even if we accept the above two, it's still highly unlikely that...

3. The inebriate who stumbled upon it on the floor of a bar knew what it was.
It was said that the phone was disguised in an iPhone 3G case. In a time where half the douchebags on the planet own an iPhone, how would this schmuck know that it wasn't what it seemed? Even if he was a Silicon Valley techy nerd guy, did he really comprehend what he found?

So I have two theories: either that phone was taken illegally from the Apple premises by some embittered employee (although, I would think he would want more than five grand for risking his job), or this is all some elaborate marketing ploy to drum up interest in the months before the release of the device. Perhaps Apple is feeling the heat of competition from Android?