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Naked Man Jumps off Caloosahatchee Bridge
Fort Myers News Press via "Sound Off" ^
| 08-18-03-
| Fort Myers News Press
Posted on 08/18/2003 4:45:54 PM PDT by AAABEST
REPORTED BRIDGE JUMPER: A naked man reportedly jumped from Interstate 75 into the Caloosahatchee River on Saturday night, but so far authorities have found only a pile of clothes, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.
At 10:49 p.m. Saturday, an unknown caller advised authorities a man had jumped off the southbound span of I-75 into the river, Trooper Jeffrey Benoit said.
A search failed to find the man Saturday night, but troopers discovered a pile of discarded clothes near where the man reportedly jumped. They found black combat boots, a green T-shirt, light blue jean shorts, white socks, underwear and black sunglasses, Benoit said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Florida Highway Patrol at 278-7100.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: caloosahatcheebridge; jump; leecounty; man; naked; river
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posted on
08/18/2003 4:45:55 PM PDT
by
AAABEST
To: mhking
Damn!
2
posted on
08/18/2003 4:46:18 PM PDT
by
AAABEST
To: AAABEST
Would this be news if he were clothed?
3
posted on
08/18/2003 4:47:18 PM PDT
by
Spok
To: JoeSixPack1; martin_fierro
Okay,joe, the cat's outta the bag now..just fess up...
4
posted on
08/18/2003 4:47:43 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: AAABEST
Are you ok?
5
posted on
08/18/2003 4:47:56 PM PDT
by
Sir Gawain
(Retread Republic - The next poster you agree with could be yourself)
To: AAABEST
Boxers or briefs?
6
posted on
08/18/2003 4:48:03 PM PDT
by
Hillary's Lovely Legs
(a 'true conservative' would rather keep Davis than elect Arnold just so they can say 'I told you so')
To: AAABEST
Skinny dipping is a time-honored tradition.
7
posted on
08/18/2003 4:48:05 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: AAABEST
Hold Muh.......Never Mind....
8
posted on
08/18/2003 4:48:24 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
(If you Sprinkle When You Tinkle,...Be a Sweetie and Wipe the Seatie......)
To: Jennifer in Florida; Fighting Irish; matrix; kyenrac; Shovelhead; Sintax; Uriah; TonyWojo; ...
Local FReeper ping.
9
posted on
08/18/2003 4:48:33 PM PDT
by
AAABEST
To: AAABEST
Ode To Billie Joe
( Bobbie Gentry )
It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay
And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And Mama hollered out the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet"
And then she said "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"
"Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas
"Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please"
"There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow"
And Mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow
Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
And Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe
Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show
And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?
"I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know it don't seem right"
"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge"
"And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
And Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?"
"I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite"
"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today"
"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way"
"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge"
"And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe
And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo
There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring
And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything
And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
10
posted on
08/18/2003 4:49:05 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2003, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: AAABEST

Caloosahatchee Bridge
To: AAABEST
Can't be many places in Florida where a jumper can make a good job of it.
Blessings to his family.
12
posted on
08/18/2003 4:50:04 PM PDT
by
ChemistCat
(It's National I'm Being Discriminated Against By Someone Day.)
To: AAABEST; Willie Green
Paging Willie Green.
That stupid stock market.
13
posted on
08/18/2003 4:50:08 PM PDT
by
MonroeDNA
(No longshoremen were injured to produce this tagline.)
To: AAABEST
,,, does this mean Billy-Jo McAllister isn't special anymore?
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posted on
08/18/2003 4:50:32 PM PDT
by
shaggy eel
(Having fun @ 41º 18'S 174º 47'E)
To: Cultural Jihad
That's it! Good find there.
15
posted on
08/18/2003 4:50:39 PM PDT
by
AAABEST
To: AAABEST
Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of...
THE ADVENTURES OF NAKED MAN!!!
16
posted on
08/18/2003 4:52:23 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Serving You... on Operation Noble Eagle!)
To: Old Sarge
ADVENTURES OF NAKED MAN!!! Sarge, you kill me! I'm picturing people finding these little piles of clothing & combat boots near bridges all over the country.
Gum
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posted on
08/18/2003 4:55:08 PM PDT
by
ChewedGum
( http://king-of-fools.blogspot.com)
To: RMDupree; trini; HairOfTheDog
I'l say one thing for y'all in Florida... ya' got fun names for places. Maybe even wackier than us up here in Washington.
18
posted on
08/18/2003 4:55:31 PM PDT
by
Ramius
To: xsmommy
You're on a naked thread? LOL!
19
posted on
08/18/2003 4:57:50 PM PDT
by
Slip18
To: Slip18
so are you! are we surprised?? ; )
20
posted on
08/18/2003 4:58:53 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
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