Naked man goes on rampage, bites a chunk out of another man's stomach

[Cali_Democrat]

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (WTLV) -- Officers with the St. Augustine Police Department were called to a home on Palmetto Avenue a little before 4:30 a.m. Saturday after residents found a naked man on their roof.

When police got to the home, they found 22-year-old Jeremiah Haughee being restrained by two men on the floor. Haughee was naked and in a puddle of urine and broken glass, according to his arrest report.

Two officers handcuffed Haughee, but he was reportedly so combative, one officer had to go back to his patrol car to get a pair of leg shackles.

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The two men tried to restrain Haughee the best they could until officers could get to the home. During the fight, Haughee bit the homeowner in the stomach.

Police said the bite was so severe it will leave the man permanently disfigured. The son received injuries to his elbow. Both the men refused medical treatment.

http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/263216/19/Police-Naked-man-arrested-after-biting-mans-stomach

[janlyn]

1. Zombie Land

Well if the zombie apocolypse is starting I am not surprised it is in Florida...LOL

[Aerows]

22. No kidding

And welcome to DU

[Baitball Blogger]

71. Ain't that the truth.

[Politicalboi]

2. Do they have good pot in Florida

Or what? I know I watched The Walking Dead over the weekend, maybe this nut got carried away.

[JNelson6563]

3. Yeah, that's it, it was pot.

Damn but the stupid burns even here at DU sometimes.

Julie

[Mnemosyne]

4. Word, Julie, word. nt

[Lionessa]

6. +1

[Aerows]

11. I don't want anyone around

me on whatever the hell he was on, but it sure as hell isn't marijuana. There are too many of these incidents recently where people lose their shit, get naked and start biting people for it to be a coincidence, and it doesn't look like to me it's pot or alcohol.

Maybe meth, or something, but this looks new.

I don't smoke pot, but I tried it when I was in my early twenties and *I* never ran around naked and biting people.

Like I say, maybe it's a bad batch of meth out there, which is a horrible drug as we all know, but it could be something new like these bath salts. Whatever it is, it seems to make some people lose their ever-loving minds and go crazy. If you read the article, they had to take him down with Ketamine to get him under control. Isn't that a horse tranquilizer?

[dixiegrrrrl]

37. you mean you don't REMEMBER running around and biting people.

[Aerows]

41. Oh I remember the people I bit

I just wasn't running around naked, I was just plain naked, and they didn't soon forget it either

[Fumesucker]

18. I think you just got Poed..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

I bit on a particularly good one the other day myself, it's getting much more difficult to tell parody from actual rhetoric these days.

[sharp_stick]

42. This one wasn't that hard though

There are some real classics but I'd be kind of embarrassed to be Poe'd by this.

[DevonRex]

40. The last guy that did this tested

Positive just for pot but I bet it was laced with something new that they aren't testing for. Cause this is like the fifth case now of naked people biting chunks out of living folks. Or else it's the real Zombie Apocalypse.

[SammyWinstonJack]

43. That WAS a stupid remark.

[DCKit]

25. Nah, it's the "Super LSD" (per the popo), also known as "bath salts", to the rest of us. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

69. Yeah. "Super LSD", right.

Never mind that it has nothing to do with LSD at all.

[wendylaroux]

5. Seriously,people eating each other?

Is this something new? Did it always happen and we just didn't hear about it? Should I take out zombie insurance? Call Zomcon?

[librechik]

7. Guess you can't eat just one... n/t

[KansDem]

8. I wonder about these statements from the article...

Police said the bite was so severe it will leave the man permanently disfigured.

and

...refused medical treatment.

The bite will result in a permanent disfigurement, but medical treatment was refused?

No health insurance, perhaps?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. I was wondering about that as well.

I guess "permanently disfiguring" isn't serious enough to require any kind of medical treatment other than putting some neosporin and a bandage on it?

[KansDem]

14. You'd think one would want to be tested, at least.

What if the attacker had contracted rabies? The description from the article includes many symptoms:

Rabies symptoms and signs occur after exposure and may consist of some or many of the following: odd behaviors, delirium, combativeness, loss of muscle function, muscle spasms, drooling, convulsions, pain, and other problems.

http://www.medicinenet.com/rabies/article.htm

I hope the victim at least followed up to see if the doctors discovered anything about the attacker's strange behavior that might affect his health...

[Aerows]

21. I sure as hell would

It does sound like this guy went rabid, except for the foaming at the mouth bit. Maybe Florida is trying to hide a rabies outbreak like they tried to hide the TB outbreak?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

27. Yeah

me too!

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. BINGO

and human bytes usually require antibiotics... trust me, I know.

Personally

(Thank the gods for the structure fire fighting coat that day)

[siligut]

10. He was treated at the hospital and not tested for drugs, jeesh.

Haughee was arrested at Flagler Hospital. After he was treated for his injuries, he was taken to the St. Johns County Jail.

Haughee was booked on charges of burglary/assault, aggravated battery, simple battery, three counts of battery on a law enforcement officer and criminal mischief.

Haughee's bond was set at $32,000 and he was released from jail on Sunday.

Because there is no statute for being under the influence of illegal drugs, Haughee is not being tested to see if he was under the influence of any substances.

I read that the stimulant drug labeled "bath salts" causes the user to feel too hot so they take off their clothes. While there was speculation that in an earlier incident, where a man's face was bitten off by a naked man, that bath salts were involved, it was later determined that the perpetrator only had pot in his system.

This is quite confusing, as pot has not been known to cause violent behavior.

[Aerows]

12. My thought

is that there is a drug out there that they can't detect in a normal test. Something is making all of these people go batshit crazy. This is something new, imho.

[Cali_Democrat]

16. Maybe it's not a drug at all

Maybe it's some kind of virus? Zombie virus?

[Aerows]

19. Who the hell knows

Florida has hidden a TB outbreak from the public that is now out of health officials hands, so who the hell knows what is going on there. I live only a couple of states away, however, and don't want their biting people bullshit happening here.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. We got a WINNAH

Ice, when it first started, we got the FIRST OD of the shit...I know, lucky us.

It took the San Diego Poison Control Center 72 hours to get something that would help our victim.

Why would they do that you ask? If it is in the streets of TJ, it will be in the streets of San Diego in the next eight hours... purely self interest.

[Aerows]

31. Do you think this is some variation

of that Bath Salts stuff? It surely seems weird that it's in Florida where most of this biting and being naked is happening.

It can't just be coincidence, or am I naive and biting and nakedness happens a lot?

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. No, you are not being naive,

something is in the water, no pun.

We get naked and biting, but in ten years I only got two. One was loonie as a toon... (yup, straight to psych ward for a hold), and the other was on something... don't remember what.

Listening to EMS scanners these days, and yup, 51-50 comes over the radio every so often, but at least my locals will call and OD and OD... the question would be of what? You can OD on almost anything.

There are several drugs, off the top of my head, that can lead to that behavior, and a couple are very well, prescribed... as in a rare side effect.

[Aerows]

38. I don't know too much about drug abuse

or the medical profession, that's why I asked. It just seems odd that this is all happening at once and with the same symptoms.

EDIT: And holy shit, there are drugs that are prescribed that cause this? I'd like to know what they are and make sure I never take them LOL!

[Fawke Em]

13. Unless the pot is laced with something unknown

that wasn't tested for.

[Aerows]

15. That's what I think

It's something unknown. There are too many of these biting incidents for it to be an isolated incident.

[siligut]

30. Naked biting incidents

The combination of naked and biting, that is what stands out.

[Aerows]

39. Exactly

These two things seem to be present, and they are happening a lot in the same geographical area.

[DevonRex]

46. Yeah. So lacing stands to reason especially

since at least that last guy only tested positive for pot. So I'm thinking you're right. It's something new they're not testing for.

[Aerows]

47. Lacing the pot as it gets sold

To help sell it at a higher price, maybe? Or intentional to produce whacked out crazy behavior?

I don't really understand. Both seem like they would cut into their trade. Why would they mess up their customers?

[Fawke Em]

48. Serious - the incidents are fairly geographically isolated

and they bear so many similar characteristics.

Of course, with travel, there could be other incidents all over, but the cluster seems to be isolated to certain parts of Florida.

The pot's being laced with something, but what?

[Aerows]

49. My question is WHY would the pot be laced

Who does it discredit when they do such a thing. I really don't know much about drug dealing, but I assume that people want repeat customers. If you sell them pot that blows their brain to the point of eating faces and being naked, I'd think that would make customers think twice about buying from them.

[Fawke Em]

50. Can't rule out the CIA...

They've done shit like this before for experimentation, for community control... you name it.

It could be something that got out that wasn't supposed to get out, as well. It's been proven that the state of Florida has been caught covering up other types of public safety issues (the TB outbreak) - this could be another.

[Aerows]

55. I brought that up a few steps up in the thread

Covering up a TB Outbreak is pretty serious, and now everyone in their communities are at risk. Scott closed the hospital, but the group in Florida already knew this. For them to pretend they had no idea about a CDC report sounds idiotic.

It's certainly centered in one geographical area, but I wouldn't say confined. There was a young man in PA that went on a naked biting rampage after a trip to florida, so it's not confined. Nor is their TB outbreak, either, but god forbid a Republican like Rick Scott Governor look bad.

[Fawke Em]

57. Agreed - I mentioned travel and that it's not

"confined," per se - but concentrated.

A similar incident happened in China, recently, as well.

I certainly don't want to sound like I'm donning a tin foil hat, but as we both agree, covering up a TB outbreak HAS happened and the CIA DID allow crack cocaine to infiltrate Los Angeles.

Either scenario isn't so far-fetched anymore.

[Aerows]

58. What happened in China?

Was it a naked human biting thing or something else? Sorry, needed clarification

[Cali_Democrat]

59. Some guy ate a woman's face:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/01/face-eating-attack-china-drunk-bus-driver-chews-_n_1641217.html?utm_hp_ref=crime

I don't know if the guy was naked.

[Aerows]

63. Naturally

Alcohol was the culprit in that case. Of the 10,000 years since mankind has been fermenting beers and liquors, suddenly, it has come out that it makes people eat faces. It couldn't possibly be something new, since all of these cases have come out in the last month. No way. That's a long shot. Alcohol and pot cause these problems, if you believe what is shown on television. It couldn't *POSSIBLY* be something new on the street.

[DevonRex]

60. Start simple.

Intentional or unintentional?

If unintentional then most likely a fertilizer or pesticide not meant to be burned, inhaled or eaten, etc. Or a dealer who sells lots of different things and cross-contaminates his substances?

If intentional, a psycho dealer mixing a new substance with some pot sales? A group wanting to discredit MMJ? The psycho state of Florida for pick an insane reason. The CIA for pick an insane reason.

Or none of the above or all manner of things in between. Fun to consider tho.

[DevonRex]

61. Oops. See my reply #60.

I got a little off track. Posting on damn iPhone isn't easy to follow long threads.

[Initech]

17. More zombies????? WTF!

[Cali_Democrat]

23. Yep

It's getting crazy out there.

[Gman]

24. Zombie apocalypse about to happen

[democrat_patriot]

26. Was it Christie?

Breaking form the Adkins diet?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

28. All the best nutrients are in the organs ... mmmmmm

[wendylaroux]

29. Have these people been subjected to

conservative talk radio? I hear that insanity is the last symptom of listening too much?:--shrug:

[HopeHoops]

32. Yet another reason to ban zombie nudity.

[deutsey]

34. I think I'm going to write a follow-up to "What's the Matter with Kansas?"

"What the Fuck is Happening in Florida?"

[smirkymonkey]

65. +1000

I'll read it!

[Javaman]

36. I still maintain that "bath salts" and the resulting flesh eating is an

elaborate marketing campaign via the makers of The Walking Dead.

[4th law of robotics]

72. If so it would be the most brilliant and evil ad campaign since WWII

which Hormel made up to sell Spam.

[Javaman]

73. Wait. Spam is made from cows, right? nt

[hifiguy]

44. This upsurge in naked zombies/cannibals is very disturbing.

At least they're not carrying concealed weapons.

[Aerows]

45. Is it from injecting this stuff?

I was reading about it, and I gathered that what you are supposed to do is snort this. These people seem to be injecting it.

Not that it matters one way or the other how it is delivered, but at least people should be aware that they shouldn't do it, and certainly not by injecting it.

Lord have mercy. The last thing our country needs is a bunch of people running naked through the streets on cheap, manufactured drugs biting people. It's bad enough with Wall Street.

[AngryAmish]

51. Florida...

[Scootaloo]

52. I'm glad I don't follow fads

I hate flossing.

[TheManInTheMac]

53. We have GOT to put a stop to all this NUDITY!

[Beacool]

54. What the hell is going on around the world????

There are stories all over the net of people biting pieces off other people.

It's crazy........

[Aerows]

56. You aren't supposed to question anything

You should know this by now. You couldn't pry the truth out of the upper GOP government types (or upper management, for that matter) with a pair of pliers and a blow torch on their loved ones.

If it gets applied to their selfish asses, though, they suddenly have a change of heart. There is no uglier people than those populating and fueling the GOP. None.

[Beacool]

64. No GOP fan, but what does this have to do with them?

Some guy high as a kite bites a chunk off somebody's belly. What's political about it?

[Aerows]

66. Nothing LOL

I don't know - somehow I replied to the wrong thread. Sorry, this, as you correctly pointed out, had absolutely nothing to do with this thread whatsoever LOL.

Do excuse my response. That's totally odd.

[Beacool]

70. That's OK.

[miyazaki]

62. Are you ready for a class 4 outbreak?

[marmar]

67. ........

[Comrade_McKenzie]

68. In the end, I have a feeling these incidents will be linked to some prescription drug... nt