The Goat

Some jackass in a suit and black BMW 328i thought he’d send me a signal about staying on my side of the road by passing close enough to smell my Irish Spring soap. Kind of pissed me off, but it’s not so bad compared to this homeless man in Boulder who was hit by a car and a train on the same day. The man was released from the hospital at 3am after walking away from a hit-and-run by a car only to make the questionable choice to cross a narrow train bridge to his transient camp. I suppose you figure you’ll be okay crossing the trestles after getting hit by a car—the law of averages and all that. I mean, it doesn’t seem like a lot of trains would be rolling through in the middle of the night. He tried to outrun the train and make it to the other side, but ended up getting knocked off the bridge and landing in a river 10 feet below him. He didn’t receive any serious injuries.

It also bothers me a bit that the Post blog refers to the place where he sleeps “under the stars” as a camp. It’s one thing if he wants to sleep there, but Denver (like every other big city) has a huge homeless problem. I know the police chief of Minneapolis offered to buy any homeless person a free one-way bus ticket to Denver for a few days until Denver caught wind of his little plan. The National Coalition for the Homeless can help out where government falls short at watching out for its citizens.

via Neatorama