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Keep Portland Weird

Police in Portland, Ore., were dispatched to check out a man running in traffic at 4:00 a.m. The man would be easy to spot: he wasn’t wearing a stitch of clothing. A second caller said the man was now stationary: he was doing push-ups in the middle of the street. Before officers could arrive, a third caller said the man had been run over by a car. Officers and medics found local resident James Earl Hunter, 43, dead. An autopsy will be performed to see if he was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The driver of the car who hit him, a 39-year-old woman, was not cited. (RC/Portland Oregonian) ...But she may need to be sedated.
Original Publication Date: 25 May 2014
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 20.

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