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UPDATE: Another person dies emulating this idiot!

posted 11 years ago by megafauna005
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In a telephone interview Monday night, the boy's father David Croom said his 18-year-old son Johnathan was grieving the end of a recent relationship and "headed out to try to find himself."

Hutson said earlier that text messages between Jonathan Croom and a friend indicated Croom wanted to run away.

Croom also talked to his parents about Christopher McCandless, whose journey to Alaska was documented in the book "Into the Wild." McCandless gave up his worldly goods to live in the Alaska wilderness, only to die there, perhaps from eating wild potatoes.

"I think we have kind of a combination there," Hutson said earlier Monday. "He talked with his parents about `Into the Wild,' and in text messages we've looked at, he does specifically talk about running away, kind of just running away from his life."

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/apache_junction/johnathan-croom-update-missing-valley-teen-found-dead-according-to-douglas-county-sheriffs-office

McCandless didn't die from wild potatoes so that's a mistake.

[–] Kj1oceanlust (1465) 5 years ago

He wasn't an idiot. He just didn't see the point of living a more conventional life of monotony like so many of us live. Seriously, who can blame him? I think the way we've come to live in many ways sucks! Look at us working our lives away. We have bestowed on us what seem like limitless conditions and rules were more less threatened into living by. Then look at how morphed our so called civilized society has become. People like stupid stuff like many mindless movies, and become so conditioned to monotony that when something different comes along it's very misunderstood. Then people promote losers like Aerosmith.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

Leave Aerosmith alone. They're old!

[–] Kj1oceanlust (1465) 5 years ago

I won't leave them alone! They're worthless lowlife losers who have never deserved any recognition. And they ruined the whole rock music genre. They deserve to be ridiculed and insulted.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

I know and I agree, but I don't wanna miss a thing.

[–] stickman38 (3361) 5 years ago

Seriously, I don't get the Aerosmith bashing? If you would just walk this way I could show you why they're a great band and why rock wouldn't be the same without them.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

Don't mind uncle salty above.. he's just jaded. Aerosmith is great, they fill the hole in my soul. Let the music do the talking.

[–] stickman38 (3361) 5 years ago

Agreed...

[–] Strazdas (2472) 4 years ago

>why rock wouldn't be the same without them.

I think thats their point, they want rock to be different and more to thier personal liking.

[–] Satan2016 (25577) 5 years ago

No need to work and watch crap on TV. Vote Democrat and go on welfare. Grow organic kale and pot. Smoke pot and watch Joe Rogan. Tie Dye your hair and beard. Download weird shit on Adult Swim.

[–] stickman38 (3361) 4 years ago

Sounds about like Seattle's new autonomous zone. lol...

[–] AbercrombieJolen (70) 5 years ago

How many people have died trying to emulate something they see in the movies? Say someone watches Rambo and becomes a Green Beret then gets killed. Someone tries to be Indiana Jones and heads to some dangerous locations looking for artifacts, or a streetfighting superhero looking to beat up gangsters, or maybe some guy on Jackass doing dangerous stunts.

[–] stickman38 (3361) 5 years ago

Jolen, I can understand the indy Jones stuff. Going on adventures while being funded by a university or government would be an interesting life. But what mccandless did was very careless. He didn't have the training or knowledge or the funding to do it. Waste of life if you ask me....

I saw another film a couple days ago called Tracks, another true story but this one is about Robyn Davidson, a woman that walks across the Australian desert. She at least had funding from National Geographic Magazine and some training. I thought it was a very good movie, imo, was better than Into The Wild. Highly recommended if you like ITW.