Arkansas: Naked man emerges from woods, interrupts interview (VIDEO)
A naked man emerging from the woods interrupted a news interview in Arkansas.
A news interview in Arkansas was cut short after a naked man walked out of the woods nearby. And it was all caught on camera.
A reporter with Benton, Arkansas, TV station KARK was interviewing Eva Halpain, 83, and her partner John Manassel about a fallen tree that had destroyed her house when the man emerged from a wooded areas, hands covering his genitals.
The couple's eyes widen and Manassel asks, "What is this out here we got?”
Halpain's son, Jim, is then heard saying he doesn't know who the nude stroller is and calls 911.
“I have a naked man standing out in the middle of the damn street with his privates in his hands just standing out there,” Jim Halpain tells a dispatcher, according to the New York Daily News.
“That’s right, ma’am, buck naked,” he added. “No shoes, no socks or anything.”
It took a while, but authorities eventually confirmed the man was 22-year-old Nathaniel Koba. He's been charged with public intoxication and indecent exposure.
Although he was nude, Koba refrained from any vulgar acts, KARK reported.
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