Posted on 09/21/2016 7:59:31 AM PDT by Cronos
A Frenchman has gone on a frustrated rampage in a tiny New Zealand fishing village after he spent four days waiting for a hitchhiking ride.
The 27-year-old Frenchman arrived in the west coast settlement of Punakaiki late last week.
the man spent four days attempting to hitchhike south.
On the fourth day after no one had picked him up he went “berserk”, allegedly attacking the Welcome to Punakaiki sign with a rock, abusing motorists and throwing other road signs into the local river.
“Oh he threw an absolute hissy fit; he was lying prone on the road screaming that New Zealanders were assholes and he couldn’t wait to get back to Europe,” says local Neil Mouat, who eventually called police after an elderly fisherman “had words” with him, and Mouat feared the altercation could turn violent.
“He was a spoilt millennial, and he created a hell of a din. But all that time he was standing in the wrong place to hitchhike – a corner with poor visibility and nowhere for cars to easily pull over.”
West coast senior sergeant Paul Watson said the man had been hitchhiking around New Zealand for some time and become “enraged” when his travels abruptly halted in the minute settlement of Punakaiki, which has no grocer or corner shop and only basic public facilities. “That road sees a bit of traffic but this man had no joy, I suspect because of his aggressive behaviour. He also told us he hadn’t eaten for two days so that could have contributed to him losing the plot.”
Punakaiki is only 44km north of the established west coast town of Greymouth.
Watson estimates the man could have reached Greymouth in a day’s walk and been halfway down the west coast in four days.
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And probably not one person gave him a trophy for anything!
I'm sure plenty of Algerian Muzzies would be only too happy to give this infidel a ride back in France.
Report this man immediately to the French Legume.
does he know they drive on the other side of the road
Also, he probably ran out of drugs.
I hitch hiked all over NZ easily and quickly. Of course, I didn’t sit by the side of the road waiting for a ride.
I walked energetically alongside the road and when the a car came close, stuck my thumb out. viola !
every single time
kwis despise lazy people.
He needed a ride. Therefore, someone was obligated to GIVE him one.
Duh!
He SOUNDS like a dindu.
Thank God he was not an American, we’d never hear the end of it.
Little froggie go oui, oui, oui all the way home?
I don’t believe Hobbits drive cars.
New Zealand is one of the friendliest countries in the world.
If no one picked him up, there was a reason.
Next time Frenchy, rent a car.
“Watson estimates the man could have reached Greymouth in a day’s walk and been halfway down the west coast in four days.”
Watson answered the question I was going to ask, which was, how far could this guy have gotten by walking during the four days instead of waiting around for a ride? He probably could have gotten a ride somewhere along the road the first day. I am assuming that if you are trying to hitchhike, you aren’t carrying a lot of luggage that would keep you from walking.
In my hitch hiking days I always walked until I was picked up.
Four days is a long time; he should have looked for a priest.
The Pancake Rocks...and the blow holes...
went there several times as a child...
Punakaiki is only 44km north of the established west coast town of Greymouth.
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What was known as the Coast Road runs for 67 miles from Westport in the north down to Greymouth. Punikaiki is about in the middle of the trip. Its a great day trip ...other things to see ...small beaches etc..
Pyou-ni-ky-kee
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Exactly ...
hitchhiking involves hiking along with the hitching...
otherwise its just bumming a ride...
Maybe he should have called Uber..
Plus he may have been doing the wrong hand signals etc...
In the US and Europe you face the traffic and hold out your right thumb...
in NZ where they traffic is on the other side of the road you walk with your back to the traffic and look over your right shoulder at the cars with your right thumb out making a sweeping motion forward...
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