Although Halloween is still several weeks away, the scariest time of the year, there are many who adore scary movies and look for any excuse to dress up as some of their favorite characters. However, this is not always a good idea, as we have seen in the United States.
This Monday, September 13, Tropical Storm Nicholas made landfall in the US state of Texas, which forced the suspension of many activities of daily life, including trials. So a lawyer named Mark Metzger decided to take the day off and go for a walk on the beach but disguised as a horror character.
Just when you THINK you’ve seen it all, someone walks past you down the Galveston beach dressed like Michael Myers in Halloween ahead of Tropical Storm Nicholas 🤦🏼♀️ pic.twitter.com/tiztJb4fNc
— Mycah Hatfield (@MycahABC13) September 13, 2021
The lawyer disguised himself as the character of Michael Myers in the horror movie ‘Halloween’, with a white mask, a jumpsuit and an apparently bloody knife, but made of plastic. The reactions were not long in coming: people who saw him began to call the police, who rushed to the beach to arrest the lawyer.
Arrested for disorder
As if it were a movie, the agents asked the lawyer to kneel on the sand and put down the knife. They then proceeded to handcuff him and found that it was a disguise and a plastic knife, but that did not prevent him from being reported for the public disorder before being released.
The lawyer has admitted to ABC13 that he was only looking for “a bit of positivity in this nightmare”, but did not find the same idea in other people: “I just don’t think they appreciate it that much. I guess there’s some people out there that don’t have a sense of humor or, you know, can’t please them all.”
Mark Matzger says it felt “like a scene out of Scooby-Doo after they handcuffed me and pulled the mask off, like.”
Also, he adds that “I would have gotten away with it if wasn’t for those meddling Karens, you know?.”
So would he do it again?
“If I had to do it all over again, I absolutely would,” he said.