LOL!!!

When I lived in Wyoming there was a guy who was REALLY crazy. REALLY, especially when he's quit taking his meds. And let me tell ya, in a small town (pop 2600) people thought it meant we were ALL nuts. Some of his more memorable moments...

He lived in a cave (true!)

Would ride around town on his bicycle with nothing on but a smile

Hitchhiked all the way to New York to let the governing body know he was Jesus and had a special message for them

Came to meeting and jumped up in the middle of it to point at a bag full of used clothing one of the sisters had brought for another sister and scream "Everybody move to this side of the building - there's a bomb in that bag!!!"

Just to name a few.

His mother was slightly more functional and had been a pioneer but when he was a kid she'd leash him to a clothesline pole in her back yard so he couldn't wander off. That whole family was nuts except for her daughter who moved faaar away as soon as she was old enough to be on her own.

Hah! we had a lady that spoke with a british accent too, and she was born and raised here in Oregon.

And we had lots of Senile old people too of course, one brother would raise his hand and comment and just make a statement about himself, like one time he said "I help the orphaned children and the widows." - that's it. The brother conducting was like "Oookay".

I'm sure I'll think of more.

This thread and the posts about demons reminded me of something that happened when i was about 10 or 12. There was this one family that moved to our Hall, They were always a little out of place. The young boy was a friend of mine while they were there (which wasnt long). The mother and daughter were both seriously overdone as far as witnesses go, heavy makeup and and very ornate hair. The dad looked kinda jim jones-like, huge square glasses, tall, square faced.

anyway, one night the service meeting was interrupted by shrieks from the back of the hall; the dad was attending the door, and the mother and daughter were screaming about him being in league with demons. eventually the mother got pulled outside by the daughter and we went back to whatever scripture was being examined for the 100th time.

anybody else got stories of people just freaking out in the muted emotional environment of the hall?

There were actually quite alot of people in my hall that did the british accent thing.... it was a phase I think. lol It wasn't a constant thing..... just every now and then, in private conversations, some of the people in my hall, would talk with their exagerated british accents. lmao
I think all religions are cest pools for the mentally ill.
The sister, that studied with me and my sister..... well, she finally went off the deep end...... she started thinking she was a prophet, locked herself in her house, wrote a book of "prophecys" and wrapped it in tin foil. (don't ask me why I have no freaking clue.) And she wouldn't talk to anyone.... rufused to talk to anyone except me for some reason. I moved, and thought that was the end of that..... until she wrote me this really out there letter about how I was going to be a video game programmer(I hate video games btw) and she'd see me under a pavilion in paradise....... all kinds of far out there stuff.
I was shaken by the several page letter, as to me it clearly had the markings of someone who is schizo....... I gave it to an Elder, hoping he could get her into a mental hospital, but I think he just thought she was apostate. :( She needed and probably still needs treated for schizo, or whatever it is that she definately is suffering from.
Most everyone I've ever met at any KH, is definately a little out there. lol

What about the singer Prince? I heard he turned into a JW.. he is pretty out there. Or that Micheal Jackson was raised and baptized as a JW. Sorry if you like his music but I personally think he is a freak.