Crews tow man in boat with suspicious device to shore (Near Surry Nuclear Plant)

WTVR ^

[Stonewall1]

SURRY, VA (WTVR) - Virginia Marine Police say they are towing the boat of a man with a suspicious device attached to himself to shore.

Officials say the man is in a nine foot inflatable boat that was in the middle of the James River, just south of the Ghost Fleet between Surry Nuclear Power Plant and Ft. Eustis. The man had a chain wrapped around his neck attached to a 2 foot by 1 foot black box. Virginia Marine Police's John Bull says the man, who was first spotted by a commercial crabber around 7 a.m., made no demands, appeared incoherent and disoriented, but at other times was also cooperative.

According to the Daily Press, Bull said the man provided no information other than to ask people to stay away from him.

"We don't know who he is, and we don't know how he got here," Bull said. "We don't know why he has a chain around his neck. We don't know why the chain is attached to a black box, and we don't know what's in the black box either. We are approaching this with an abundance of caution so that a very strange situation doesn't become more serious than it already is."

[boomop1]

Test run..

[Artemis Webb]

Amish

[iceskater]

Richmond ping.

End-of-the-worlder or
ROP or
Enviro-wacko looking for ‘evidence’ or
ROP dry run or
escapee from Eastern State.

Bizarre - to say the least.

[VA_Gentleman]

Shoot first, ask questions later. Of course that’s just my ill-informed opinion.

[oneolcop]

...appeared incoherent and disoriented...

Religion of Peace?

[HOYA97]

Threat Matrix Ping

[iceskater]

I would be curious to hear how the crabber describes his appearance. The media won’t report it but it would be enlightening. Given recent events, I wouldn’t be surprised that it’s a fine, upstanding member of the ROP.

[DannyTN]

Possibilities:

• Attempted Suicide w black box as weight
• Attempted Murder victim, drugged and set adrift with a weight chained to his neck.
• Terrorist with a bomb.
• Attention seeker with a fake bomb.
• Homeland Security pretend terrorist to implicate Christians and veterans.
• Recent airplane traveler reacting to being sexually assaulted.
• Senate democrat with Obamacare chained around their neck.
• Romney trying to bury his liberal past.

[databoss]

Probably a despondent Camping follower getting a jump on tomorrow with the old cinder block necktie ...

[Rebelbase]

At that distance from a nuke reactor I don’t think even a 1000lb bomb would do much damage. What’s a nut in a 9’ inflatable going to accomplish?

[EEGator]

That is a fine list.

[ilovesarah2012]

What the **** is that about???

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Unionized cop really depressed that unionized-lifeguards are contractually referred to as “officers”.

[OB1kNOb]

....the man...... made no demands, appeared incoherent and disoriented, but at other times was also cooperative. .......the man provided no information other than to ask people to stay away from him.

Hmmmm.....I think someone is copying from last night's final episode of The Mentalist. Perhaps a Red John wannabe?

[ReformedBeckite]

What’s a nut in a 9’ inflatable going to accomplish?

The black box doesn't have to contain a bomb, but it could be the trigger for one, if some one tries to open the box it might send out a signal to set off a big bomb near by. I'm sure they will be checking out that box really good with x-ray etc before they attempt to open it.

[statered]

this reminds me of the guy that had the bomb strapped to him that blew up. They never figured out who was behind that one.

[Merrittk]

Dazed and confused. Completely disoriented. Chained around his neck was a black box containing noting but sand. The answer is obvious, Harry Reid with the Democrat's budget proposal.

[MarineMom613]

The Fleets are coming up to NYC for Fleet Week next weekend.

[elli1]

They’ve found Jimmy Hoffa!