The Number Three Weirdest Story I have read on Cosmic Debris...
(From the From the Fall of 2002)
Here�s one for everyone who has ever wanted to get away from it all... A Cincinnati man has been found not guilty by reason of insanity after trying to cross the Canadian border in a stolen street sweeper.
When Arrested, Damon Francis admitted that he believed he had the power to control the weather and predict the future. He said he was going to live in the Alaskan woods because he was a prophet, and that the cold wouldn't bother him because he was the abominable snowman.
He faced charges of vehicle theft, theft, breaking and entering and vandalism at Hamilton County Court, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. Mr Francis, who stole the sweeper by driving his cadillac through a compound fence, told doctors God chose that particular truck for him because its lights were on.
Why was he headed North to Alaska, you ask... Well, according to Mr. Francis, he was going there to �save the world�. He said he couldn't travel to Alaska in the Cadillac because it had been given to him by the devil.
Mr Francis, of North College Hill, has been diagnosed with multiple mental disorders including depression, delusions and schizophrenia.
Well Duh!!!
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