Breaking: Hobo zombies stalk Bolinas!
It looks like a routine "trend" story from the AP via CNN. The trend in this case is teenagers attacking the homeless. At least according to "advocates for the homeless," though only one such advocate is quoted. The peg for the story is a drop-out named Ricky Green who was stabbed and beaten to death in Bolinas, California. The murder is all the more shocking because Bolinas is said to be a "hippie haven."
But wait! Killed off in the headline, Green comes back to haunt the town in the final paragraphs:
The other day, fresh out of the hospital, Green was spotted back in town. (He proved elusive, always a step ahead of visitors trying to find him. The Associated Press was unable to reach him.)
Maybe "elusive" because he's fucking dead?
Derek James, a bartender at Smiley's saloon, approached a reporter to say Green had been causing trouble in town for months. He had been barred from Smiley's for harassing people, James said. "He was getting into people's business," he said. "I really felt like something was going to happen."
So not only do they hate hoboes in this supposedly tolerant community, they also hate the undead. Especially the kind of undead that "harass" people and "get into their business." Sounds like they're soft peddling some serious bigotry down there, given that the zombie lifestyle by definition encompasses a certain amount of getting into people's business. I wonder if those "tolerant" Bolinas residents ever tried to stumble down the street in a slow-moving, brain-devouring mob without "harassing" other people at least a little bit.
"I knew of Bolinas as a peaceful place," said Boman, a musician who moved to Bolinas several weeks ago. "What has happened to the children of the revolution?"
What, indeed? Shame on you, Bolinas.
9 comment(s)
Tim says:
He's not dead. The headline has been changed from slaying to beating. End of story.
Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 17 2008 @ 1:30PM
Tim says:
He's not dead. The headline on cnn has been changed from slaying to beating. Thus, this post seems a bit silly.
Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 17 2008 @ 1:32PM
Grantilda says:
You're dumb.. I can't believe they pay you to write.
Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 17 2008 @ 2:01PM
Grantilda says:
You're dumb.. I can't believe they pay you to write.
Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 17 2008 @ 2:02PM
editor says:
hmm, good angle. we didn't take it, but covered the story today as well.
Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 17 2008 @ 2:21PM
John says:
I am not homeless but I am very vulnerable as I am old and walk with a cane. I was recently beaten, robbed and left for dead by 2 "cowards". After my release from the hospital I became very reclusive. I have been told by health professionals that this is normal and it is called "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder". I hope those who are caught for this heinous crime get a very long jail term.
Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 17 2008 @ 2:52PM
William says:
Good for you writer. Shame on Bolinas, California. Goes to show that California has/is stepping back into the stone age. I say let California drop into the ocean. Good riddens. Nothing good ever came out of that pitiful state. But for now, let's all make sure that Bolinas California gets ignored by everyone. Spread the word to the world to STAY OUT OF BOLINAS!!!! Nuff Said. God Bless you Mr. Green!
Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 17 2008 @ 6:23PM
Alex Horvath says:
Wow, did you guys ever add insult to injury. We in the Bay Area expect the daily Marin Independent Journal to get it wrong - running an (online) headline saying he was dead. But the Seattle Weekly?
I have interviewed Ricky Green for my website, bolinas2miles.com. The interview will be live on Saturday.
Posted On: Friday, Jul. 18 2008 @ 3:18AM
Lisa Post says:
This entire post shows the inferiority of the blogosphere to real journalism. Local reporters from the West Marin Citizen have been covering this story from day one and have never made such atrocious factual errors. In fact we are posting this from Smiley's Schooner Saloon in Bolinas right now as we continue to delve into the complexities of the story. It ain't got nothing to do with "zombie lifestyle", whatever that is.
PS I used to live in Seattle and read the Weekly, and am ashamed it has sunk so low.
Posted On: Friday, Jul. 18 2008 @ 7:35PM