The shouting guy has a bicycle.

@TheHorse (218548)
Walnut Creek, California
July 28, 2022 4:58pm CST
As I have mentioned in previous posts, there is a mentally ill guy who lives in a red tent about 25 yards from my front door on the Iron Horse Bicycle Trail. He shouts all day, and often well into the night. It appears that the police and his social workers are unable to do anything about his antics. I have "threatened" to visit him to learn more closely what he is shouting about. The other day, I heard him shouting, noticed some "Doppler effect," and realized that he was cycling by as he shouted. I wondered where he got the bicycle. Right now (3 PM) I hear him shouting, but he is a few hundreds of yards away, so I can't hear his words. I may go to the pool, but if I cycle instead, I may engage him. I want to know more.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
28 Jul 22
Now you have me curious. Usually the police take deranged people off the streets.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 22
@RubyHawk I like having it. But I don't think I could use it on a human.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
30 Jul 22
@TheHorse I don’t think I could unless someone was harming my family.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Jul 22
@RubyHawk It's odd, but I HAVE thought about what I would do if some psychopath started shooting up the Indian families that live around me. I know where my .22 is and I know where my ammo is.
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Jul 22
I wonder if he has Terret Syndrome or some form of it. If a social worker sees him why haven't they done more? I also wonder if a muzzle could be utilized. Not funny, I know.
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Jul 22
@TheHorse .......I bet you are. I would get really tired very fast of that. Surely there is something you can do.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 22
@celticeagle I have done all I can do. Except visit him.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 22
He is quiet in this moment. I am savoring it.
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@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
29 Jul 22
There is a guy that rides his bike around all day long in a town south of here. It is a big railroad town, and they have a rail cam on all the time. He is always showing up on it.
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@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
29 Jul 22
@TheHorse I don't think so. He's quiet as far as I know. He does wear some strange get ups though.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 22
Does he bother people?
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 22
@snowy22315 Would there be a reason to "round him up"?
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
29 Jul 22
And did you go to the pool or cycling?
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
29 Jul 22
@TheHorse That's what I would have chosen, too. We did get some rain yesterday and today so we weren't over 100F. It was nice out today.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 22
@DaddyEvil It was nice and cool here by evening.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 22
Yes. The pool.
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@RasmaSandra (79714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul 22
Now I am not making fun of this poor sick man who cannot help himself but perhaps you can help him have his voice hear, Take a listen to what he is shouting and write a song about it,
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@RasmaSandra (79714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul 22
@TheHorse best of luck to you. If you think about all the songs done about real happenings there just might be a hit in the making, and he gets his voice heard.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 22
@RasmaSandra There could be!
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jul 22
If he has a sense of humor (which I think he does) I wouldn't mind talking to him. I am a "trained" listener. I think I could handle it.
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@LindaOHio (178131)
• United States
29 Jul 22
Just be careful. I didn't realize that he lived in a tent. I thought he lived in your complex.
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@LindaOHio (178131)
• United States
30 Jul 22
@TheHorse That's one good thing then.
@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
29 Jul 22
Interesting that no one can get him help. I guess that is because he is not dangerous to himself or others. You have a curious and helping personality.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 22
I assume they've ascertained that he's not a danger to self or others. But he could cause quite a few to suffer from lack of sleep!
@beenice2 (2967)
• Sackville, New Brunswick
29 Jul 22
Good luck with the decision!
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 22
Thank you.
@jstory07 (139579)
• Roseburg, Oregon
29 Jul 22
I hope you are able to find out more about him.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul 22
It woud be interesting I am a goodlistener, and a sucker for a good sense of humor. I am not convinced that I could not help him somehow. He is a fellow human being.
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@xander6464 (44177)
• Wapello, Iowa
1 Aug 22
Did you engage him?
@wolfgirl569 (105945)
• Marion, Ohio
29 Jul 22
Let us know what he says
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@JudyEv (339553)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jul 22
It's so sad for some of these people although maybe they don't think they're anything but okay.
@nitirrbb7 (4317)
• India
29 Jul 22
Just be careful, these people can be unpredictable at times.
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@TheHorse (218548)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Jul 22
I am good at blending into the background. Do you know this song? It's how I feel sometimes. I am just an illusion.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
Playing detective role to satisfy your curiosity. Probably that kind of mannerism or antics as you called it has something to do with his way of living.
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@LadyDuck (471341)
• Switzerland
29 Jul 22
Try first to listen what he is shouting about, may be he needs help, he is angry for something happening and he has no one ready to listen to him.
@aninditasen (16382)
• Raurkela, India
29 Jul 22
Why can't someone in the community nearby take the responsibility to treat him? He needs help to lead a normal life.
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
29 Jul 22
@TheHorse I hope you will get answers. Can they or someone commit him?
30 Jul 22
Make friends with him, maybe he is stressed. There are a lot of stressed out people nowadays. Not everybody have 0 problem in life.