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Post by dorkfish85 on Jun 15, 2011 17:18:40 GMT -5
Hey guys, Last week we camped next to two guys named Ben and Chris. On Sunday morning, Chris was hanging out at our site and you could tell he was definitely still messed up, but we weren't sure what he was on. His buddy Ben later told us Chris had been hanging out with Molly the night before, but I felt like he was maybe on something more hallucinogenic in nature. Anyway, after hanging at our campsite for a while, Chris said he was going to the restroom and walked off. His friend Ben had gone inside to see G. Love, so when Chris didn't come back, we figured he'd gone to find Ben. Ben got back an hour or so later and hadn't seen Chris, but he said he thought Chris might have friends there, so we weren't worried. My crew left around 5:30 or so Sunday evening, and Chris still hadn't returned. Today I asked Ben on Facebook whether he had ever found his friend. Apparently no one, not even Chris's mom, has been able to locate him since he wandered away. No one has seen or heard from him at all. He's from Knoxville, Tenn., and his mother is going to Manchester to talk to the cops. I thought I'd post something about him just in case anyone here knows anything. Chris is about 5'5" or so, has a shaved head, brown eyes, and was last seen wearing shorts and no shirt. Please send me a message if you know anything about him. Thanks.
Is there anyway you could PM me a pic of him? Also, what camp were you guys in?
We saw a guy matching your description as we were packing up camp Monday, at around noon. He was very very messed up and just sort of stood around unable to really communicate. He stood around our camp for around 10 minutes then just wondered off to talk to some people across the way. We thought they were his group.
I know that doesn't help much but your description makes me think it might have been him. If so, then I can tell you he was still on the farm when 95% of people were gone.
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Post by dorkfish85 on Jun 15, 2011 17:46:51 GMT -5
I don't have a picture of him unfortunately. We were in the Ed Rooney camp by Pod 3. Your description of his behavior sounds like how he was acting Sunday. I'm pretty worried that he didn't hydrate when he was with Molly and things got a little scrambled in his head. I just sent his buddy a message to see if he has a pic. If I get one I'll update my post with it.
it's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. we have no scars to show for happiness. we learn so little from peace. -chuck palahniuk
I'm not sure of his age. I'd say he's probably 21-24. The guy he was camping with, Ben, didn't really know him that well. I think they were just carpooling together. I've asked for a picture, and Ben's going to ask Chris's mom for one. And you're right, it's very weird. It really doesn't make sense why he wouldn't have contacted anyone yet, which makes me concerned that whatever he was on could have fried his brain.
This seems to happen every year. Last time, if memory serves, it was a kid who got all bedazzled by the beauty and love of the thing and decided to stick around and help clean up. And I think I remember a year or two back where another kid fell in with a group of cool people he'd met and wound up going on the road for a week or two. I hope this is a similar story.
Post by dorkfish85 on Jun 16, 2011 10:12:33 GMT -5
He's home!! I just talked to his friend, who just got off the phone with his mom. He apparently went to an afterroo party and got home last night around midnight. Thanks everyone!!
When I was younger before I had a cell phone I would dissapear for days too. But I had a system with my mother all worked out. I would call home collect from a pay phone and and when it told you to state your name for the person on the other line to accept the charges I would say "mom, it's me, I'm fine. Love you."
When I was younger before I had a cell phone I would dissapear for days too. But I had a system with my mother all worked out. I would call home collect from a pay phone and and when it told you to state your name for the person on the other line to accept the charges I would say "mom, it's me, I'm fine. Love you."
I would be so pissed.
Ha, that was exactly my system when I was on Phish tour
Damn. Glad this ended up alright. I always get worried about things like this, people getting offered stuff they've never had before at roo and unknowingly accepting it before just getting sent completely off the deep end. Glad this fella is okay, though
If this is the same guy I think it is (and there's too many parallels in his story for it not to be) - He's home alright.
He posts on another message board I frequent and wrote up the entire story of his post-roo adventure. I pointed him in the direction of this thread in case he feels like sharing.
Can you post a link to his story? I'm curious about how he spent his time. lol
If this is the same guy I think it is (and there's too many parallels in his story for it not to be) - He's home alright.
He posts on another message board I frequent and wrote up the entire story of his post-roo adventure. I pointed him in the direction of this thread in case he feels like sharing.
Can you post a link to his story? I'm curious about how he spent his time. lol
I think this is what you're looking for:
So my cell phone decided to break on me the day of leaving for the festival. Like I said earlier, I had friends drop me off but they had no tickets - as expected, ten minutes in the line I made a great new friend named Ben who had been travelling solo until that point. Tent only camping was near V.I.P. and highlighted in green on the map right? I really really wanted to chill with the goon super group but I guess I'm terribly blind 'cause me and Ben couldn't ever find it. Of course we didn't know exactly what to look for and I had Zac's number on my phone only and not written down (stupid). Despite not getting to meet some sweet goons, it was once again the time of my life. e: next year goons, we will be chillin'
Oh and here's a fun story. I just got back last night. I was too tired, messed up and generally exhausted Sunday night/Monday morning and could not find my campsite (all the markers around it from neighbor's camps seemed to already be gone - this was the biggest problem). I slept at a new friend's (girlz) tent and shortly after ended up coming across a Clean Vibes (the Afteroo thing) group saying I should roll with them. So I did, but that event costs extra and you're not supposed to be there without paying for it/getting a wristband. I got away with it for almost 2 full days until Tuesday night when the head of security rolled by in a golf cart all "GET IN HERE NOW". He explained the situation and dropped me off outside the festival grounds with a sandwich, some snacks and a water bottle. I...live in Knoxville - a three hour drive from Manchester. I stood outside Wal-Mart, and inside, trying for about 5 hours to find a ride to or near Knoxville with no luck. But, I made a friend who let me crash at his crib that night in Tullahoma and drove me back the next evening. Dude's still at my house now and I'm repaying him the favor with 360 games and probably free corn via mail when I get some. But I was kicked off the festie grounds without being able to even get my Leno so whothefuck knows what happened to all the stuff at my campsite (that is literally ALL my stuff I brought with me) - I'm in the process of contacting Roo Lost & Found now.
Finally, to make things crazier, this whole time my folks were really quacking worried something had happened to me because my ADD ass equates not having a working cell phone with no one having a working cell phone. I forgot to call them until Tuesday night and they thought I'd be home Monday - they literally had all my friends thinking I was dead and the police performing searches...
it's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. we have no scars to show for happiness. we learn so little from peace. -chuck palahniuk
