I know it must seem shocking to a lot of you out there, but Florida, especially South Florida, has a lot of weird people. I was thinking about this the other day when I was walking on the Lake Worth Beach Pier. Of course, former Miami Herald newspaper columnist and novelist Carl Hiaasen has written many a comic novel about this, and claims that all of his books are loosely based on true events. And why are there so many weird people in Florida? For one thing, there are a lot of wealthy people here, and that always attracts grifters looking to make a score. Also, there are a large number of tourists around these parts, and so it is not unusual for shady characters to populate areas where they can just blend in with the crowd and not be noticed. Finally, South Florida, due to its weather, geography, or whatever, just naturally attracts crazies. By the way, I took the photograph above at Benny's on the Beach, located right on the Lake Worth Beach Pier. And no, this photograph does not contain any crazies. I make it a point not to photograph crazies if there is a good chance they will see me doing it. I am, after all, not crazy myself. At least not too crazy, right? Right?
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