25 Craziest Things Ever Done By Florida Man You Might Not Believe

Edward Archbold of West Palm Beach collapsed after winning a cockroach eating contest. The autopsy revealed that he had choked to death on “arthropod body parts.”

If you’re looking for something to do, this might be…still a bad idea. 17-year-old Florida teen had his friend record him from a pickup truck as he wake-boarded down a drainage ditch. He was pulled by a galloping horse spurred on by his brother.

After Gregory Lee Rhodes was pulled over for driving recklessly, he told police that he had ingested an entire bag of meth in order to prevent the police from finding it.

Although the headline is a bit misleading, it is still funny and the true story is equally as ridiculous. Augustus Sol Invictus (he changed his name to this because it means “majestic unconquered sun” in Latin) ran for Senate in 2016. And while he didn’t sacrifice a goat for the purpose of winning the election, he did in fact sacrifice a goat. And drink its blood. Why? After walking from Orlando to the Mojave desert he performed the sacrifice as part of a pagan “thanksgiving” ritual.

Richard Nixie was arrested for killing 5 small gators without a proper tag. Apparently, he intended to eat them for Super Bowl dinner.

Benjamin Siegel, the owner of the store in which Edward Archbold died from eating too many cockroaches, was arrested for abusing a bearded dragon. According to the police report, he put the dragon in his mouth, tossed it in the air, and swung it at customers.

Jeremy Dugas was arrested with three iguanas tied to the handlebars of his bicycle. He was caught trying to sell them to passersby while trying to convince them that the iguanas would taste great if they were cooked for dinner.

Gregory Dale Lanier was going for a drive with his dog in the passenger seat when it kicked his loaded gun and shot Gregory in the leg.

Joseph Robinson killed John Stubbs using an axe with two blows to the back after an argument over lottery tickets in an Orlando parking lot.

Joshua James was in the national spotlight after he tossed a live gator through a Wendy’s drive-thru. Not long after, however, another video surfaced in which James allowed a gator to bite his forearm.

Business was so bad for counterfeiter Tony Jerome Torbert, Jr. that he turned to advertising his illegal activity on the internet. It’s not clear what he was thinking, but not surprisingly, the police soon came knocking.

Michael and James Remelius are identical twins, and as with most siblings, they sometimes get in fights. The problem is that this time they got in a brick fight…in their front yard. Neighbors, however, called police who came and put a stop to things.

When Jerome Antoine Dennis of Clearwater was approached by police on suspicion of marijuana possession, he tried to get away on his hoverboard. Unfortunately for Jerome, the maximum speed of a hoverboard is right around 10mph.

Christian Radecki was arrested after dancing on top of a police SUV for 6 minutes before sliding down and ripping off the windshield wipers. When asked why he did it, he replied that he “felt threatened by vampires.”

When Johnathan Hewett was caught trying to break into a home, the real story wasn’t what he stole (some guns and watches), but that he has a map of Florida tattooed on his face.

In case you don’t know, Florida’s version of Big Foot or the Yeti is the “Skunk Ape.” It’s called this because apparently it emits an extremely foul stench. And although most people don’t believe in such things, Mark Barton and Chris Conner think they finally found evidence of Skunk Ape’s existence. And yes, we are also surprised that this story didn’t somehow involve the police or drugs.

Kevin Gibson was arrested for trying to sell marijuana. It seems, however, judging by his mugshots, he may have had some of his own product while shaving.

Eddy Juan had apparently been spotted at Florida International University crawling under tables and sniffing woman’s feet. Although he got away, police later found him on his scooter and gave chase.

Gerald Washington was caught posting fraudulent job offers in order to steal people’s social security numbers…and samples of their urine.

Derek Candelario was approached by police officers while playing basketball in Haines City. They had received a 911 call from his cell phone and just wanted to make sure the owner was alright. Derek, however, got very uncooperative as he had an outstanding warrant and thought they were there to arrest him. It looks like he’ll be carrying his phone in his front pocket from now on.

Nicholas Byram punched a police dog in the face after crashing his car during a police chase. Police say they found marijuana in his car and a handcuff key hidden in his rectum.

Ian Locklear received a loan to go to the the University of South Florida in spite of the fact that he had never finished high school. He graduated but is now suing the government claiming that he didn’t deserve the loan (he left high school in 11th grade, which would technically disqualify him from being able to attend college).

Aldrick Markcus Jones jumped into a car with his backpack, ready to drive to Orlando. Unfortunately for him, however, the car wouldn’t start, which gave the owner time to run out and hold him until the police arrived.

Maximo Trinidad got knocked off his paddleboard by a fast moving spinner shark but fortunately climbed right back on his board and kept going. The story got pretty big because the whole incident was captured on Maximo’s GoPro camera.

Allen Engelman returned to go fishing at the beach where he had been bitten by a shark. He ended up catching a shark that he claimed was the same one to bite him, and in an act of vengeance, he said he would eat it (this is legal in Florida as long as the shark is a certain length).