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One of my neighbors has shown some rather odd behaviors lately finally leading to him taking off today with a gallon of water, a parade chair and some other things, ala SHTF event, however i have seen no indications of such an event here in MURICA (yet) can anyone help me rationalize this man's behavior or should I just write it off as a "Madman"

More detail is required. Is this a folding lawn chair or one of the expanding strappy type thats popular now? Does it look like he's pulling out the grill or folding some aluminum foil into a hat?

More data required, but never attribute to madness what can be perceived as malice... He's probably a dangerous murderer who batters his victims to death with the chair, and the water's for clearing up the mess.

like a strappy expandy parade chair, lots of grainy stuff and some veggies by the looks of it before he took off. He also mentioned to keep an eye on the news- any news for the next 2-3 weeks

 zman111 wrote:
like a strappy expandy parade chair, lots of grainy stuff and some veggies by the looks of it before he took off

I'm thinking Al Qaeda. Best hit the sucker with some nice drone launched missiles. If necessary hit the entire area with MIRVs. Yes I am prepared to let the whole area go. If a man is not prepared to drop MIRVs on suspects, then the terrorists have already won.

Aliens.

 zman111 wrote:
like a strappy expandy parade chair, lots of grainy stuff and some veggies by the looks of it before he took off. He also mentioned to keep an eye on the news- any news for the next 2-3 weeks

Grain and vegetables along with a portable chair?

Did you look for a fishing rod?

talked to landlord out of curiosity- appariantly he was evicted, case closed sorry for the distraction

Did he say his name was Dal- er I mean Rusty Shackleford?

I, er I mean he, might be curious to know if the government's pawns that he formerly thought were his FRIENDS can be trusted.

 zman111 wrote:
talked to landlord out of curiosity- appariantly he was evicted, case closed sorry for the distraction

If he said watch the news... That could be some sort of threat over his eviction.

Maybe I'm just paranoid, but the worlds been a little crazy lately.

 rubiksnoob wrote:
Aliens.

Great minds think alike my friend

 Frazzled wrote:

 zman111 wrote:
like a strappy expandy parade chair, lots of grainy stuff and some veggies by the looks of it before he took off

I'm thinking Al Qaeda. Best hit the sucker with some nice drone launched missiles. If necessary hit the entire area with MIRVs. Yes I am prepared to let the whole area go. If a man is not prepared to drop MIRVs on suspects, then the terrorists have already won.

I say we nuke it from orbit just to be sure

So he got kicked out of his place.....and only managed to take a lawn chair and a bottle of water? Seems to be pretty norm to me.

He's probably a porn actor.

He's gonna strap that chair to some balloons and wave at 747's.

Aww hell, he's just going to mind his still in the woods.

That was my first thought, grains, water, chair, whiskey making time!

 SheSpits wrote:
So he got kicked out of his place.....and only managed to take a lawn chair and a bottle of water? Seems to be pretty norm to me.

Sounds about right

Hes a murderer and the waters to kill his victims with by forcing it into them till there a massive waterballon

 master of ordinance wrote:
Hes a murderer and the waters to kill his victims with by forcing it into them till there a massive waterballon

Like this?

 zman111 wrote:
talked to landlord out of curiosity- appariantly he was evicted, case closed sorry for the distraction

So... he was evicted, presumably against his wishes. He has a survivalist streak, with perhaps some paranoia. And he told you to watch the news?

Does he have a fixation on any local politicians, schools, malls or businesses?

Have you considered telling the police?

I mean, they probably won't do anything unless he has a record or is part of a known organization, but I would feel pretty guilty in your shoes if I said nothing and later did see his photo on the news alongside a word like "massacre"...

Did he walk away with the things you listed, or did he dump them in his beat-up pickup truck, next to his shotgun, AR-15 and a lot of ammo?

Grains, water and a chair are a bit pathetic as threatening accessories go, considering the land of the free is abundant with firearms.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:


Does he have a fixation on any local politicians, schools, malls or businesses?

Have you considered telling the police?

I mean, they probably won't do anything unless he has a record or is part of a known organization, but I would feel pretty guilty in your shoes if I said nothing and later did see his photo on the news alongside a word like "massacre"...

^This. Can't hurt to let someone know he might've left a few brain cells under the rug when he left.

Well, without knowing what the "other stuff" is, I'd say camping. Gallon of water is a little light, but you can always get more.

None of what you've listed sounds like he has supplies for more than a day or two, tops.