from: May 4, 2014
Key West Life is Never Predictable
There are two things I love about Key West: our wonderful weather and that life never is predictable. Take for example an incident that occurred a few years back when I was riding my bike to the gym. I was riding my bike to the gym around 6:00 AM while it was still very dark outside. Just after I passed the El Patio Motel I saw a young man in his early 20s walking down the street. He was totally nude. He walked to my left. I looked back. Yep, he was buck naked. No doubt about it. I thought to myself that's too odd even for Key West. I circled the block and found a public phone at the youth hostel on South Street where I called the police. The operator asked me to describe the naked man. How was I supposed to answer that?
I got back on my bike and rode back to the corner of Reynolds and Washington Street which was the area where the nude dude should have reached by that point. I saw a young woman at the bus stop and asked if she had seen the nude man. She had. She said he disappeared behind some houses and asked me to wait with her until her bus came or the police arrived. I did.
About 5 to 10 minutes elapsed before the police finally arrived. The nude man had totally vanished at this point. I flagged the cop's attention He got out of his car to ask why I called the police. I started to describe what I had seen earlier. Then I noticed the unclad lad emerge from between two apartment buildings. As I write this I just recalled the guy was then carrying a baseball bat. He did not have that before. The cop saw him and walked toward him with his flashlight drawn and said "What in the hell do you think you're doing?" He took the kid to the pokey. Later that day I looked at the Monroe County Sheriff's office website. The naked bat boy was being held on a mental health hold.
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3 comments:
Naked guy w weapon, yes call the police. Naked guy not bothering anyone, so?
I hope when you saw his photo on the sheriff's office website, his countenance hadn't suddenly acquired cuts, bruises, and welts that were not there before. Merry Christmas, Gary!
Hi Joseph, I did look. But they did not photograph him. It may have been because of mental health hold.
We have some mental cases in Key West.
When we first moved here there was this middle aged woman who rode around the near Duval area on her bike. She was a big busted old blond. She wore short shorts that were way too revealing for an old lady. I saw her go through the leftovers at Wendy's on Duval and Eaton. That disgusted me and made me sad at the same time.
I saw her yesterday. Behind my office near the firehouse. She's lost weight and still scrounging around looking for leftover food. A customer of mine told me he provided her shelter during Irma. It's really sad how we fail to take care of people who are not competent.
Thank you Joseph. Merry Christmas to you, your wife, and daughter!
Gary
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