So today was a Charley Project first: the database’s first example of a Florida Man.
By Florida Man, I am not speaking merely of a man who happens to live in Florida. I am speaking of the headlines that begin with the words “Florida Man” (or sometimes “Florida Woman”) and tell a story of some absolutely INSANE, often drug- and alcohol-fueled mess that the person got themselves into.
While researching the life of a gentleman I added today, I learned that, several years prior to his disappearance, he had a naked run-in with some alligators.
And that this was his SECOND naked run-in with alligators. And that the first time this happened, said alligators attacked him and he lost his arm. He nearly lost both arms in fact. He was in the hospital for months recovering.
I didn’t put this information in the casefile because I didn’t consider it to be relevant, but based on the reports of what had previously occurred I thought it might be a good idea to mention in the distinguishing characteristics that he might have scarring on his back, buttocks and thigh — it said the gators bit him in those areas too.
The Charley Project Blog 