Posted on 07/01/2009 3:23:44 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LOS OLIVOS, California (AFP) – The plans for Michael Jackson's funeral remain uncertain, but that did not stop Desiree Crossley and her family from camping out for hours outside of his Neverland ranch.
Reports that the King of Pop would be laid to rest at his sprawling fantasy estate prompted a near stampede here to the rolling hills of Santa Barbara wine country, with hundreds of media satellite trucks parking outside the gate.
As newscasters broadcast live in multiple languages and traffic crews hurriedly erected no-parking signs, Crossley waited with a friend in foldable chairs, her two daughters sitting in the car.
"There've been mixed messages about what's going on, but you've just got to be patient and wait," said Crossley, 49, who drove up before dawn from Lancaster in Los Angeles County, 250 kilometers (150 miles) to the south.
"We're just trying to enjoy the atmosphere. He was the King of Pop," she said.
Further down the road of cattle ranches and elite estates, Belen Morales and her two brothers from Los Angeles spent the night camping out in a tent. For breakfast, they had Lucky Charms cereal with milk from their cooler.
"It was really cold last night. But this is definitely worth it," said the 14-year-old girl, wearing -- aptly enough -- a T-shirt for Michael Jackson's song "You Are Not Alone."
Hotel owners said that their phones started ringing moments after reports that the 50-year-old pop icon could be buried at Neverland, a 1,050-hectare (2,600-acre) ode to childhood that once had tigers, giraffes and an amusement park.
With hotels booked up, some local entrepreneurs smelled business.
Debbie Pollard, who works at a nearby grocery store, drove through the packs of journalists with her window down, offering a "guesthouse' on her property for 500 dollars a night.
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Probably wouldn’t help, but it would be funny.
I’d prefer one in DC...
He was the King Of Poop.
The MSM does the opposite with the tea parties - trying their best to make it look like a small gathering.
Anyhow, our shallow lowbrow press is out there with bells on - finally something they can get their little juvenile narcissistic teethe into...
Yeah - that didn't happen 15 years after his last hit...
His last album went 10 platinum, sure no where near Thriller but MJ’s wasn’t nearly as far in the toilet as people like to say.
To realize that the Gloved Freak's moronic fans and zombie cultists presently milling about in the streets have the vote and will continue to have the vote is totally unbearable to think about.
Leni
So if somebody doesn’t do anything of real note in the last 15 years of their life then NOTHING they did before then should be celebrated? You are leaving out a whole lot of people that contributed a hell of a lot early in their lives but not in the last 15 years. Put your hatred aside for a while and let people celebrate him if they want.
I am sorry but I do not understand this sort of devotion to someone you probably have never met! Usually after about the age of 15 most people outgrow this sort of stuff. I mean, get a life folks!
They renamed it "Holland."
LOL or maybe a major fault line could open and swallow all of them?
Wait for what?
He also starred in the TV credit card ads, "Don't leave home without it".
We now have two celebrity sets of the popular "death-comes-in-threes" legend....Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Karl Malden, Ed McMahon, David Carradine and Billy May.
Leni
Leni
If that's your thing, fine.
Don’t forget to throw Spike Lee into the mix. His performance at the Apollo, along with Big Al, was a disgrace.
Love your handle Buckeye.
Maybe California can solve their budget problems with all these morons going there to see his funeral.
Maybe California can solve their budget problems with all these morons going there to see his funeral.
Thanks Les. Our honor defend-we will fight to the end for O-HI-O!
“Only in America can a pedophile be morned like a god..how very pathetic.. “
Pedophile, in YOUR opinion.
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