"My name is number 26. And I am the Messiah."

A man named 26 used to be named Doc Dart. He was the vocalist for Crucifucks. But that can't even begin to explain what an amazing (or just amazingly insane) character 26 is. Sam McPheeters wrote a lengthy masterpiece for the shitshow called Vice. I urge you all to read the article in its entirety.

Here are some extracted gems to convince you:

Since March 20, 2004, he has refused all news of the outside world.

Doc had been in charge of raising the American flag in front of the bank every morning and used to cross the lobby dragging it behind him on the floor.

there was a distinct line between opposing police brutality and calling for the actual death of police officers, and Doc Dart was further past this line than any of his contemporaries.

On September 11, 2001, 26 still owned a television. He watched the horror unfold in New York and Washington for less than an hour before deciding on a course of action. On a large sheet of tar paper, he wrote “SEPT 11 JUSTICE IS SERVED” in white paint, hung this outside his house, and returned to the TV.

At some point he addressed the passing crowd with a warning to prepare for an anthrax attack. The police came, took a report, and left. After this incident, the FBI started coming by his house to take photographs.

The man once known as Doc Dart has had to work hard to not sustain that anger.

(thanx Kent)