Posted on 07/18/2026 9:17:32 AM PDT by DFG
DENVER (KDVR) — A man was arrested for surfing naked on top of a moving locomotive on Thursday, according to a social media post from the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office.
The man, identified as Daniel Ray Ballance of Quartzsite, Arizona, broke the window on a Union Pacific Railroad locomotive and entered it.
Ballance was arrested and faces a combination of felony and misdemeanor charges, according to the sheriff’s office.
“For those of you who had the unfortunate experience of seeing this gentleman surfing naked on top of a moving locomotive yesterday, I want you to know that he was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges,” said the post.
He reportedly expressed to law enforcement his love of vodka, beer and the banjo.
“Daniel expressed his love of vodka, beer and playing the banjo. Unfortunately, we had to separate him from those loves and the train ride,” said the sheriff’s office.
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“And I drink alone....”
Obviously you have to stop him, and he destroyed property that ain’t his, so he must get punished.
—Attention whore?
—Tripping on something?
—A bet?
—Just bored and wanting to do something exciting?
You can almost bet it’s one of those.
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I have a buddy who lost the front of his foot because he was bored and playing around on trains that went by. Suddenly, the front of his foot was missing. It ain’t entirely safe to be screwing around with these things. They can kill you even in slow motion.
and this is from such a conservative state as Colorado!
Ballance is my name unbalanced is my game!
Was he from Florida? This is a Florida Man type story.
Florida Man has many franchises beyond the sunshine state.
Everybody’s doing a brand new dance now......
“Daniel expressed his love of vodka, beer and playing the banjo. Unfortunately, we had to separate him from those loves and the train ride,” said the sheriff’s office.
I wanna meet this guy. Does he have a GoFundMe for legal expenses? I'm in.
I wonder if drugs were involved?
One of my classmates was killed by a train when we were in grammar school. Very sweet kid. Horrible.
Because he hadn't said anything at all about Mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin' drunk Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me
Need to add in yet another verse...
About beer, or vodka, or surfing naked on trains....
Some crimes, you know it wasn’t them, Yogi. You know that’s one of ours. (sigh)
I think he was strummin’ more than his banjo.
I’d sentence him to repeat the act in January
Arizona man competing with Florida man? I think Arizona man wins this round.
This is one of those problems that over time tend to solve themselves.
sheesh, gettin so a man can’t do anything anymore- what next? No naked hang-gliding?
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
10,000 horsepower, that’s the difference.
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