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Subscribe to RSSPHILADELPHIA - Cell phone video of a naked man literally stopping traffic in the Kensington section of Philadelphia has people wondering who he is and why he was running around in the buff.
The minute-plus long video, which was shot in November but posted to YouTube Thursday, contains not only the nudity but also profanity. It starts with the unidentified naked man standing on the front bike rack of a SEPTA Route 3 bus stopped under the Market Frankford El near the Tioga stop. The man then puts his boxer shorts on his head and calmly steps off the bumper and away from the bus.
Lou Luciano, a barber at Elvin's Major League Barber Shop, saw the fracas outside and began shooting.
"Do you think I’m going to miss that," Luciano mused.
Luciano says the incident happened in November.
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The video, which had more than 4,000 views, was removed from Facebook at some point Thursday. It then wound up on YouTube. (WARNING: Video is not suitable for work and could be disturbing to some viewers.)
It all seems over until the man notices the cameraman and darts towards Luciano.
"He starts chasing me so I start running," Luciano said.
The naked man eventually stops the chase and begins to walk off.
Police say they eventually took the man into custody but had no information about if he was charged.
Luciano tried to keep the whole thing in perspective.
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He was probably from Miami.
The naked face eating zombie plague is spreading.
Philadelphia is a long way for a naked man to travel from Miami.
Well, it may always be sunny in Philadelphia, but not always hung well.
It was last November that this took place. Philadelphia is usually pretty damn cold in November for a man to be running around naked. I hope he didn't get frost bite on his dick.
As the article said:
That's why it's become so popular on u-tube, his perspective is good, so is the lighting.
Really poorly made videos usually don't do as well.
At least he put his underwear on his head. Shows he's not crazy. ???????????????
True. Technically he was wearing underwear..
Poor guy. At least he wasn't assaulted or arrested when it happened. I hope he's okay. This one YouTube commenter said they recognized this man as being a [military] veteran who used to be a AA sponsor about 8 months ago, [but succumbed to personal problems], and that he does smoke crack cocaine. I guess the drug may have made him lose all social inhibitions.
Soooo I pulled it up and watched it while at work. I thought it was suitable enough to amuse me.
Actually, if the country lifted bans or laws against public nudity, that would not be a bad thing for our society's physical/social/mental health. At first it would take some getting used to, but it would quickly become very ordinary and routine, if one were to see nude bodies day after day.
So had he caught the bus, where would he have kept his fare? and would touch it?
I think this is what you call "off your rocker". Poor man.
you think drugs might be involved?? or not enough change for the dryer??
I think he put his underwear on the wrong head!
Philly. Not suprised at all.
Was he good looking?
All most bus drivers care about is that each passenger pays a fare. Clothes or not.