Florida man arrested by Coast Guard for trying to cross Atlantic in human-sized hamster wheel - https://news.yahoo.com/florida-man-arrested-coast-guard-041150178.html
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Florida man arrested by Coast Guard for trying to cross Atlantic in human-sized hamster wheel - https://news.yahoo.com/florida-man-arrested-coast-guard-041150178.html
@hoosierpipeguy
Check in, Mark.
Let us know you are not in lockdown!
Having just returned from Florida a few weeks ago, I am not surprised.
The heat does some crazy things to people. Lol
The heat does some crazy things to people. Lol
LOL, during the height of hurricane season. I think it's more than just the heat that has twisted this guy's mind up.
Where's the sense of adventure? Leave the man alone and let him claim his Darwin Award.
I don't understand why he was arrested. Let the punishment be the crime.
Another bear on crack ripped his leg off when their drug deal went bad.
Jay, I tried that but couldn't get more than 15 feet away from shore.
Meanwhile the photograph of the Hamster Wheel in the original post is one that was taken when his attempt to walk to New York failed in July 2021...
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/florida-beach-bubble-boat-trnd/index.html
must be a slow news day in Florida!
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/florida-beach-bubble-boat-trnd/index.html
must be a slow news day in Florida!
If I were covering the story, I'd have to stop to get all the details on how he proposed to prepare food, sleep, navigate, go to the bathroom, and otherwise stay alive. Maybe he could try it in a Mini Mouse beach float.
I have to assume this guy has never gone to sea in a regular boat or ship, which would have convinced him of his folly. Well, maybe.
I have to assume this guy has never gone to sea in a regular boat or ship, which would have convinced him of his folly. Well, maybe.
The interview would have been cut short by his declaration of suicide and bombs. They really should have just let him continue. It sounds like he was more of a headache than they really wanted.
For suicidal stupidity, the flat-Earth-prover guy and his homemade rocket are heard to beat.
Yes.
The guy built a rocket in his back yard (so to speak) and rode it with the intention of going high enough to see with his own eyes if the curvature of the Earth was real. Meaning not some consensual illusion or government conspiracy.
The charge to eject the parachute designed to carry the ship back down gently went off during liftoff, though, and ripped free. A simple ballistic arc was the result.
Incredible.
He was a rare individual...because, to paraphrase Nietzsche...that level of stupidity (or madness) is rare in the individual.