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submitted 10 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

The ordeal happened Thursday night in front of shocked shoppers in the town just outside Birmingham, Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin said.

The 42-year-old Alabama man did a “cannonball” leap into the aquarium and then stood under a waterfall. He left the water to yell at two officers, then dove back into the aquarium, police said.

The man eventually climbed over the side of the aquarium and fell to the concrete floor below. Police then apprehended him, the news site Al.com reported.

He faces several charges including public lewdness, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief.

The man was in the water for about five minutes before officers arrived, Irwin said.

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[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 57 points 10 months ago

That man is truly living. Can you say the same?

[-] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

Victim-less crime.

Let he who has not wanted to swim naked in a Bass Pro Shop aquarium cast the first stone.

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Just wait until he's out of the aquarium

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

... and the stones start flying!

[-] key@lemmy.keychat.org 26 points 10 months ago

Gotta say, I can see the appeal.

[-] SariEverna@lemmy.ca 25 points 10 months ago

Yet another crime amusing enough to make me question if we need to get the court involved.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

This truly made me laugh out loud. The actual story is even funnier than the headline.

[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

does this have to be a police matter

[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Somehow guessing the toxicology report on this guy is going to come back with a short education on recreational substances in the "positive results" box.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 9 points 10 months ago

Much more likely he's manic af. If I had a nickel for everyone who ended up at the psych hospital I worked at after running naked in public in the throes of a manic episode, I'd have several dollars. Most often drugs were not related when the clothes came off, it's straight up bipolar and it knows no socioeconomic or cultural bounds. Would be mortifying to end up in the national news like this guy, or the Kony 2012 guy

[-] LolaCat@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago

Every part of this headline is more insane than the last.

[-] StorminNorman@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

And then the article itself is somehow even more insane.

[-] dbilitated@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

and they somehow skipped over him crashing his car outside before running in

for a moment I thought maybe this was a planned dare or something but no, this was just a guy who had crashed his car and saw an aquarium and made some off the cuff choices.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

"Do what you must, for I have already won."

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 15 points 10 months ago

Florida man go on vacation?

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

They visited Alabama's inland Sea World.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 months ago

Hellabaman is edging up on Floridaman for first place.

[-] orangeNgreen@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

I just naturally assumed this happened in Florida. Glad some other state is causing a brief distraction.

[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

Florida Man: I am da best!

Alabama Man enters the chat

[-] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

‘Yes, Hi,.. my name is Jimmy Bobby Bo Billy— the reason I’m knocking on your door today is because I’ve been registered as a sex offender, and I’m required to let you know that I once jumped naked into a Bass Pro Shop aquarium’

[-] numberfour002@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

How come whenever I go to a Bass Pro Shop I never get to see a naked 42-year-old man leaping into the aquarium? I swear life is not fair.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

You need to be part of the secret Lemmy group that coordinates it. Keep up your desire. We have interest in you.

[-] numberfour002@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Praise the lawd!

[-] rivermonster@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Favorite news of the day. So funny and relative to the rest of the world is harmless. Gogo redneck stupidity. LOLOLOLOL

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago
[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

There's one in Springfield with a bunch of aquariums.

I think almost everyone briefly thinks about doing it, but clearly he lacked the part of his brain that says "lol but? no."

[-] IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

This should be an event in the Olympics.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 10 months ago

"This wouldn't be illegal if Bass Pro Shop would just take the $500 I offered to swim in the fish tank. SeaWorld was cool with it, why not Bass Pro Shop?"

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

These stories always seem to take place at a Bass Pro or a Hard Rock Cafe...

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

"Alabama Man" has a nice cadence to it

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Southpark even made a song/commercial about him back in the day.

[-] AuntieFreeze@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

'Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you, to stop what you're doing and listen.

CANNONBALL!!'

[-] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Florida Man VS Alabama Boi is the best the Anthropocene Kaiju flicks.

[-] Objects 2 points 10 months ago

Alabama keeping it classy.

[-] greenskye@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Some teens jumped into our local bass pro aquarium too (not nude though). People were just really confused and blandly watched them climb back out. As far as I know they got away scott free, but they were at least smart enough to not stick around.

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