Posted on 06/21/2016 6:28:13 AM PDT by RummyChick
MUSCATINE, Iowa (KWQC) R. J. Strong of Port Louisa, Iowa was spooked by what he saw a week ago Monday, June 13, at 2 a.m.
Strong posted on Facebook afterward that he was traveling near Ogilvie and F avenues in Muscatine County when he saw some weirdo walking down the paved road in a black trench coat!!!!
Several others on social media have reported similar sightings in recent weeks.
According to the reports, the individuals are seen standing beside roadways and sometimes actually stepping out into roadways as motorists are passing.
My son has experienced this and its no joke, posted Beatrice Wilson Strong. It was really a frightening experience to him.
Its happened to a few friends of mine out on [Highway] 22, posted Cassie Pameticky.
The Muscatine County Sheriffs Office has taken notice, posting Monday on its Facebook page, We have had several reports of men dressed in black entering the roadway in rural Muscatine County.
Several people have told KWQC that these same individuals have been spotted walking across homeowners yards, although the MCSO Facebook post does not mention sightings on private property.
The MCSO is now asking anyone who encounters the individuals to call 911 immediately.
The sheriffs Facebook post has generated several jokes and speculation that harmless pranksters are behind the sightings.
However, the MCSO says on its Facebook page, We do take this seriously and investigators are hoping the public can assist.
I wondered the same thing when I read the article off Drudge. A person in a trenchcoat is walking down the road? Slow news day, I guess.
You have to read Drudge’s site links in totality.
He just doesn’t slap any ole’ thing up there.
Look at the links around that one.
Sounds like a great prank. Easily accomplished, especially if no one is willing to confront him/them.
In town to pick up some Muscatine melons...
Sounds like a game of Goth Highway Roulette.
You don’t know that they haven’t done anything.
They could be muzzies casing the place..they could be Amish...they could be pranksters.
The police are investigating.
Is that a thing? It sounds reasonable for it to be a thing. People do stupid stuff..like Russian Roulette.
Now what did you see?
http://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/10/us/russian-roulette-is-cited-in-highway-crash-death-of-6.html
‘Russian Roulette’ Is Cited In Highway Crash Death of 6
Sheesh, if Goth Highway Roulette is not a thing yet...let’s hope that post doesn’t get many views. It could become one of those idiotic games.
I may have just invented the term, not sure, but it did seem apropos.
All named John?
I have 2 black trench coats. One is leather, the other is oilskin (Driza-bone). Some people think I am a weirdo, but I don’t think the coats have anything to do with their opinions.
“...same individuals have been spotted walking across homeowners yards,”
Where I live, this could end poorly for them.
Aunt Fanny (”Black’s slenderizing!”)
Be on the lookout for: John Whorfin, John Bigboote, John Many Jars, John Coyote, John Chief Crier, John Rajeesh, John Ya Ya, John Two Horns, John Small Berries and John Gant.
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The captions write themselves.
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Be on the lookout for: John Whorfin, John Bigboote, John Many Jars, John Coyote, John Chief Crier, John Rajeesh, John Ya Ya, John Two Horns, John Small Berries and John Gant.
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