Crazy Frank was, at one time, about 20 years ago, in the pest control business in FL for about 25 years. It pretty much destroyed his brain, and he lost his wife and children because of it.
His sister (Las Vegas) took him in and let him live in her garage for a while. He started to get his faculties back by watching Sesame Street and re-learning his ABCs. He was then homeless for a while, living in an area called The Wetlands, a little north and east of us here in Henderson.
Eventually, he was able to function almost normally, but with still a huge amount of his memory gone. His sister helped him to file for disability, and since he was in such a child-like state, she arranged for a Public Guardian for him to watch over his finances.
He moved here (in this complex) a few months after I did, but he was still basically mentally inept. Then he found jigsaw puzzles in the community room, and he and another resident would spend days and often far into the night, putting those puzzles together.
He learned there were some feral cats in the arroyo, and he did have a bicycle, so he would go take care of them and spend the nights in the arroyos, trying to keep the coyotes away from the kittens.
I got him a sling shot and some marbles so he could send the coyotes a message, but not hurt or maim them.
He learned how to read again, and he couldn’t get enough books, and for that matter, he couldn’t get enough movies. He watched movies when he had insomnia and the weather was too bad to go to the arroyo.
I used to buy crossword and puzzle books in bulk, as “pulls” from the magazine racks in stores, and I went through a bunch of them and took them to his place and just left them by his door. He was so grateful because he said working the puzzles gave his mind the exercise it needed to recall things that he thought were gone for good.
He is “Crazy Frank” because unless you know him, it would appear he is crazy, but if you REALLY listen to him, you realize he is extremely intelligent and can talk about anything you want to bring up as a topic. I have never seen him shy away from a subject, and for the most part, he is very passionate about being able to recover his past.
Sounds like a good person to talk with.
And not nearly as crazy as crazy Barack or Crazy John (Roberts).
Ugh, pest control..
The chems they work with are rather brutal.
Small leaks and exposure over time does loads of other damage.
He may have fine motor control issues besides the memory loss.