Posted on 07/27/2021 8:48:44 AM PDT by Kriggerel
A man who wanted to run on water from Florida to New York has washed up on the Floridian coast in a large hamster-wheel-like contraption.
Reza Baluchi told local media he was travelling 1,000 miles (1,609 km) north from Florida's east coast for charity.
However, he ended up 30 miles south of his starting point in St Augustine.
Mr Baluchi encountered "complications that brought him back to shore", and was "safe with no injuries", Flagler County Sheriff's Office said.
The US Coast Guard (USCG) then came to help him, the sheriff's office added, and to "ensure the vessel [and] occupant are USCG compliant for their safety moving forward".
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
And it would have worked too, if it wasn’t for you meddling kids!
He was quoted as saying “what are currents?”
“Complications brought him back to shore”
A polite way of saying he had no f - Ing idea what he was doing.
Lucky he didn’t drown.
He just needed to strap a couple of JATO rockets to it.
I would have paid good money to see that.
Currently out of reach.
Unless others have to risk their lives to save your sorry ass.
St Aug, Jupiter and again St Aug..3 strikes yer out knucklehead no more trips for you.
They are what someone zapped across his cranium when he was a child.
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There’s this thing called ocean current, and this other thing called wind.
Deport him back to Iran.
Always dream...
Reza Ray Baluchi (born in 1972) is an athlete and activist.
His self-described mission is to unite and inspire countries around the world.
Baluchi grew up in Iran. He claims that his motivation
to improve the lives of people came to him as a young man.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Baluchi
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Reza Baluchi Placed In Psychiatric Hospital In US
August 21, 2016
Reza Baluchi
who keeps trying to travel from Florida to Bermuda in a bubble
was reportedly committed to a Jacksonville psychiatric hospital
under the Florida Mental Health Act
after making his third attempt at the 1,000 mile journey.
In his effort to avoid the Coast Guard,
Mr Baluchi tried to begin his latest attempt from international waters,
so had his bubble towed offshore to begin his journey,
however the Coast Guard stopped him for the third time.
He initially refused to leave his bubble,
and once he did and got on the Coast Guard ship,
the crew reportedly “slapped handcuffs on him”
and transported him a psychiatric hospital.
He has now been released.
This is Mr Baluchi’s third attempt, his first attempt in 2014
resulted in him being rescued by the Coast Guard
after being found disoriented and asking for directions to Bermuda.
He made his second attempt in April 2016,
and was stopped by the Coast Guard who said it was
an “inherently unsafe voyage attempt.”
https://bernews.com/2016/08/reza-baluchi-placed-in-psychiatric-hospital-in-us/
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It would make a decent attraction at a water park, actually.
Jesus is a hard act to follow....
[[he ended up 30 miles south]]
One step forward, 30 miles of steps backerds
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try again until you die from stupidity.
Ok, pal, you’re being arrested for resisting reality and operating a floating device without a brain.
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