I always wonder if I’d call the police if there were nude people wandering about.  Even if camping with my sons, I don’t think I’d get worked up about someone just being naked.  It would only depend on the behavior of the naked person, I think.  Walking around and drinking a beer?  Wouldn’t care.  As long as the man or woman isn’t doing anything sexual other than letting genitals show, I would just nod my head and move on.

As for this guy, I think he was harmless.  The only harm he might have done is a sunburn on dehydrated skin if he was as think as I drunk he was, if you know what I mean.

Still, it’s mostly funny because he’s a Republican.

I wouldn’t think anything of this- after all everyone has moments when the best idea in the world is to drink a few beers and wander about the woods naked.

Except of course that this guy is a Republican. And probably spent a good bit of time yelling about how people shouldn’t do that.

Plus, you know if it was a democrat, they would be calling for his head.

If he’s drunk enough to mouth off to a cop about how important he is, he’s too drunk to be a comfortable neighbor in the woods.

If he’s drunk enough to mouth off to a cop about how important he is

Far too many people do that when they’re sober.

Do you know who I am?

Answer 1: Well, sir, it is hard to tell when you don’t have anyplace to put your id.

Answer 2: I’ll take a picture of your credentials and ask around in the local red light district

Having a hard time getting too exercised about this one.

befuggled: also not good campground neighbors.

There’s no big achievement to being a deacon, my grandfather Avenger was one in his Baptist church, and he wasn’t exactly Mr. Perfect himself….....

Guys, be sure that you read the last sentence.  I was with you—why is this news?—until I got to the part where it says that he was denying being the naked guy *while he was standing there naked*.  It’s that detail that makes the story.

the problem here is why are americans so hung up about bodies?

More?!

Picture it - his last name is “Musselwhite”.

Him to cops: “I decided to take out my musselwhite for some fresh air.”

Nudity is very wholesome.  Beer is good, too.  If I lived in his district I’d be inclined to vote for Mr. Musselwhite.  I mean, look at the tan on this guy.

I am a completely different drunk naked guy. The drunk naked guy you’re looking for, officer, took off running in that direction a few minutes ago.

“and that he played the “do you know who I am” card in the middle of it.”

Well, he’s got a point.  He was pretty sure the drunk naked guy everybody was complaining about was an ex-CEO who was well known for being apolitical.  Clarifying that he’d been the mayor of a city and was therefore clearly a different drunk naked guy is pretty important when you’ve got no place to keep your driver’s license or business card.

I went to college in Gainesville! Good to see it getting the recognition it deserves. :/

I think he just got drunk and decided to pretend that he was at Nike’s Bear Butte running camp.

Bear Butte Running Camp

I’m not sure it counts as “the woods” if it’s one of those established campgrounds, where you have lots every few yards for families to set up tents, complete with barbecue grills, running water, and parking spots.  Those are much more like public accommodations than “wilderness.”

The best part definitely is his insistence that people were complaining about some other drunk naked white guy.

You know, strawman excuses are legion with wingnuts ... why shouldn’t a naked strawman excuse come to the drunken mind of a naked wingnut?

Thank you Kate—that link just made my morning.

“I’m not the drunk naked guy. I’m the drunk naked -MAYOR-. The drunk naked guy is over there.”
“Sir, thats my wife”

Been there done that. Didn’t get cops called though. You should try it. Really liberating.