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PATROL 9/3/10 or “Did we just prevent a mugging?”

Dec 152010

Symbiote came to town for some TJ buisness that ML wanted us to get out of the way. We needed to do some early saturday banking so Sym came to Clearwater the night before.

Pefect opertunity for a patrol.

We headed to ST.Pete as they have a high Mugging/purse snatch/break in rate & headed out on foot.

Stopped every now & again by people who thought what we did was cool.

I swear to God, as were walking through the park by the Pier Some guy sitting by the fountain says “hey man! Do you know Zetaman?”

So we talked to him & his pal for awhile and found it wild that Zeta even had a fan on the oposite corner of the continent. The guy told us a wild story about how he & his ex were a Clown team who would juggle with each other, each one using just one of their arms to make the Juggle. Without her, he couldn’t juggle at all…sad.

There are a TON of Dark long brick alleys with patrons from the AMC theatre walking thru them to their cars so we spent a LOT of time watching drunken kids (Mostly young girls) walk to their cars thru the dark alleys (W/O them knowing we were there of course) to make sure nothing bad happened.

So we get to a corner, and there is this group of kids, one tall skinny boy (and I mean boy) with a bunch of young girls (And I mean girls) walking up the street away from the corner.

they pretty much ignore us which is fine and we are still standing there getting ready to go the opposite direction when this scary, rough looking dude with a Roofers tan, ratty jeans, and a tee covered in paint litterally shoots past us after them with a towel over his shoulder, he has his hands in his pockets, he’s looking all around, and he’s closing on the kids….

Sym & I just look at each other, (aparently he felt it too) say nothing, and start back after the guy.

We’re closing the distance & he’s still intent on the kids, closing fast, suddenly he looks back over his Shoulder, see’s us and his eyes get as big as a anime characters.

He hangs a fast left down a alley and we don’t see him for the rest of the night.

Sym & I look at each other & I say “Did we just prevent someting bad from happening?”

I guess we’ll never know.

Then we met this TINY little dude (see pic) who was a professional Ukelele player! He stopped us for pics & info about the RLSH. Then we talked about Tiny Tim.

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Hoveround DUI

Feb 222007

I get some road cash at a ATM & head out up enterprise road.

There on the sidewalk is a guy parked in a Hoveround with his chin on his chest out cold.

“Oh S**T!” says the Superhero. “He must have had a seziure or something!” I whip the vette around and pull up to him. Now he’s awake & putting away up the sidewalk. I lean out the passengers window & say “Hey buddy! you ok?”

He swings his head around like he’s one of those bobblehead things you set in sports collectible stores & says “I’m fine man…”

Holy S**T! says the Superhero “He’s drunk!” So I decide to make a citizens arrest.

As I’m reaching for my door handle it dawns on me…

Yeah he’s drunk

But he’s on the sidewalk

He’s driving

But he’s not in a car.

“What the Hell do I do?”

So I did what every red-blooded American Superhero would have done.

I stuck my head out the window said “Ok sir you have a good night” and Drove off.

Is there such a thing as DUI Hoveround?

Fights Fire

Jan 222007

Yep! You read right! I was leaving work early tonight & headed north Over the Eastbay overpass when lo & behold there’s a Big SUV with its hazards on and a pool of Fire underneath it sitting in the median! another car stopped about the same time I did, both of us FAR away.

I asked them to call 911 and pulled the fire extinguisher from my trunk. nobody is in, or around the SUV, no owner present.

As I’m walking back the fire is growing, black smoke, fire from under the hood, etc. The hood is popped but not open. I DO NOT open it the rest of the way (I’ve seen Back draft way to many times for that) and instead I stick the hose of my extinguisher under the hood as far as I can without getting burned. I pull the trigger & whoosh! out goes the fire!

“That’ll learn ya.” I smirked to myself and then the fire RESTARTED!

I stick the hose back under the hood again, and dump the entire contents of the extinguisher under the hood! it goes out, Than Floof! it’s starts right back up!

Meanwhile a Largo Police Sergeant & a Clearwater cop along with a auxiliary have stopped & I can hear fire trucks.

The Clearwater auxiliary had heard of me, and said “Oh yeah! you’re the Superhero!” while he directed traffic around us. Largo Fire arrived and I told them to be careful as my extinguisher did not put a dent in the fire, “Relax” the fireman said “You just needed 500 gallons of water to do the trick” and it did. My actions may not have put much of a dent in things, but at least it kept things at bay and a gas tank explosion from happening before the fire Dept. could get there. I asked the largo Sergeant if he needed a statement or anything, than took off.

Moral: start carrying a fire extinguisher. Odd that I always find accidents when I’m OUT of uniform huh?

DUI Pursuit

Dec 282006

No sooner did I hit the road than “Hit & Run, dead adult & 3 year old child” Pours thru my headset….

I think I’ve mentioned before how bad this Pisses me off, It happens every day! you just killed a 3 year old. Why don’t they stop! So I race to the bridge and into a pursuit position, I hear the description, it’s a beige SUV. (About as inconspicuous as the Supermobile ) He’s already in Clearwater so I start searching the major parking lots for the vehicle while the cops crisscross the roads (I can hear ‘em). I gotta admit, I’m a big fan of Law enforcement first, but I wanted this guy. I wanted him bad, I was so hoping his big ugly bloody SUV was going to parked in front of me. Sure I’d have called it in, And hoped the guy got out and wanted to leave so I could dim his lights. Anyway all the sudden I hear that they snagged him up on Keene, Felony style (God I hope he resisted) So I went back to my business all worked up but happy the guy was caught.

Crash Rescue

Oct 082006

I know after my last two blogs this is gonna sound like bullcrap, But I swear on my logo this happened tonight…

Me and my Girl went to see Psycho Beach Party in St Pete. Hilarious check it out, but anyway as we come off the 275 overpass into Clearwater and there’s a car off the road, and UPSIDE DOWN in the drainage ditch!

One other guy has stopped, and he’s standing next to the victim, a young girl who’s like 25 feet away from the wreck and up on the bank! (huh?)

she’s sitting up and I yell “Is there anybody else in the car?” just as she flop’s flat on her back, I yell to the other stopper to call 911 and jump into the ditch with a splash, and sink up to my ankles in the mud. I yell to the girl one more time “is there anybody else in the car?” no answer the car is halfway immersed in the muck , I fumble around until I find the door handle & it pops, but being in the muck, it don’t budge. All I can think about is somebody hanging upside down from their seat belt head first in the water, or worse a kid in a baby seat. Now, I’m a 215 pound knuckle dragger, I like to power lift, not body build, but still, don’t ask how I ripped that door open, it just happened.

It’s pitch black in the car and I yell “FLASHLIGHT!” just as some new guy from the bank tosses me one! (great timing!) and I’m down in the car. Nothing, no kid, no adult, nothing. Thank God, now I can concentrate on the victim. Like I said this girl was at least 25 feet from the car, a nurse pulled over (Even better timing) and all this kid had was a broken forearm!

Some other new girl crouching with me says “Girl you have been saved for a reason!” stands right the @$ up and starts PRAYING aloud to Jesus thanking him for this girls life!!! I look down on her holding her head to keep her from moving it and say “I can’t argue with the prayer kid, this is some kinda miracle! I don’t have a clue how you ended all the way up here!” The Fire dept. arrived, she could move everything (Except her for arm) they boarded her and took off.

Everybody at the scene tells me what a great job I did, which they did just as good a job as me. And I took of home to get the muck outta my nice shoes.

I really needed this, I gotta admit after the Airsoft fiasco, I really felt like the “Circus clown” of the super hero community. This pulled my head outta my butt! The fact that I saw a situation and acted instead of reacted gave me my oomph back.

MORAL: Just when you think you’ve totally blown it, your luck will turn up. don’t give up being a hero!

Nearly Shot…

Oct 062006

I decided to head home and call it a quiet night when I saw two officers parked behind a little red truck, working there asses off on the left rear tire. I pull in behind their cars and park, My place is two minutes away and I offer the one cop (Older guy, don’t know him) the use of my floor jack, fix-a-flat, etc. he says “no we have it under control”. so I say good night and turn to leave when I hear “HOLD IT!”

I stop and the cop says “What the Hell is That?” he’s spotted my Airsoft Mac-11 and is walking towards me, it’s dark but I think I see his hand on his weapon.

I try to tell him it’s a Airsoft, and stupidly reach for it this is when he yells for his partner. Things are deteriorating fast. The guy has no clue what a Airsoft anything is, or who superhero is either. Thank God his partner did. The partner says “oh yeah” it’s Airsoft with a big smile and take the gun, admiring it I think, and trying not to laugh at his partners dismay.

the first guy calls in my tag, suddenly it’s smiles and handshakes and we apologize to each other and I race for home.

The moral of the story: STOP CARRYING AIRSOFT GUNS! I’m not sure who else does other than The Eye but guys it’s just too big of a risk.

If I twitched the wrong way, BANG! right on the spot! I think what is really bothering me about this whole thing is that we have all accepted we might get killed doing this. It’s a possibility (Hell maybe a inevitability) but I NEVER thought I would get shot by a cop! Never! John Q. Public views us as odd anyway, odd with guns is a receipt for disaster.

I’ve been discussing Green Laser Technology with Prime & Chameleon and I think this is the way we need to go. It’s a lot less offensive looking and just as good of a weapon.

Usually I’m the one who says “be safe” but tonight I’d just be being a hypocrite. I can’t believe I did something so stupid, so I’ll just say…

…Don’t repeat my mistake

There’s more but just wanted to put the most interesting ones, don’t wanna be a forum hog.

Superhero Crash Rescue

Sep 102006

CRASH RESCUE
From Superhero of Florida

Me and my Girl went to see Psycho Beach Party in St Pete. Halarious check it out, but anyway as we come off the 275 overpass into Clearwater and there’s a car off the road, and UPSIDE DOWN in the drainage ditch!

One other guy has stopped, and he’s standing next to the victim, a young girl who’s like 25 feet away from the wreck and up on the bank! (huh?)

she’s sitting up and I yell “Is there anybod else in the car?” just as she flop’s flat on her back, I yell to the other stopper to call 911 and jump into the ditch with a splash, and sink up to my ankles in the mud. I yell to the girl one more time “is there anybody else in the car?” no answer the car is halfway emersed in the muck , I fumble around until I find the door handle & it pops, but being in the muck, it don’t budge. All I can think about is somebody hanging upside down from there seat belt head first in the water, or worse a kid in a baby seat. Now, I’m a 215 pound knuckle dragger, I like to powerlift, not bodybuild, but still, don’t ask how I ripped that door open, it just happend.

Every body at the scene tells me what a great job I did, which they did just as good a job as me. And I took of home to get the muck outta my nice shoes.

The fact that I saw a situation and acted instead of reacted gave me my omph back.

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