“I’m Curious, How G@y Am I?” – by Travis Mateer

There I was, trying to mind my own business and NOT really thinking about how gay I might be when I spotted a drunk man in his underwear losing a fight with a wooden support pole.

For a better shot of the damage to the wooden support pole, here’s a pic I took from another angle:

Considering the clip I’m about to share it’s important to know that recording the drunk man where he passed out in the tunnel was NOT my first choice, but a defense against his indignant reaction after I returned his phone.

The conversation picks up as the question of how gay I might begins, which started pretty quickly after he determined I wasn’t a cop.

I know it’s not politically correct to use “gay” in any kind of pejorative way, but when I started getting on my high-horse about working at the homeless shelter, yeah, I’m a Gen X-er who remembers how often we’d say THAT’S GAY, like calling out a dude (me) for filming a drunk man in grey underwear on a Friday afternoon as a family biked by.

On a different, but somewhat related note, the drunk man accused of raping a drunk woman in broad daylight by a popular river spot definitely doesn’t come off as gay, either in the conventional or pejorative sense, but whether or not his sexual intercourse was rape will be a matter for the court.

In the court of public opinion, though, we have a curious claim of two drunk people fucking before one of them passed out.

For a more official report, this is what the Missoulian picked out from the charging documents:

Elwood Gene Hall, 60, appeared before Judge Jason Marks Monday morning in Missoula County District Court on one count of sexual intercourse without consent and one count of tampering with evidence, both felonies.

According to charging documents, on Aug. 6, witnesses called in reports of two people having sex on the north side of the bridge. When Missoula Police Department officers responded, they found Hall with his genitals exposed performing oral sex on an unconscious woman.

Officers detained Hall and closed the bridge for an investigation. Hall at first denied having sexual intercourse with the woman, but then said it was consensual and that she initiated it.

It was with this report in mind that I decided to call 911 after this drunk man made his impairment a community safety issue.

Because, frankly, I’m REALLY getting tired of this shit.

Anyway, if YOU, dear reader, are curious about why I had AI put me in a kinda gay looking outfit inspired by the aesthetic of Twin Peaks, it’s because I finished the rewatch of all three seasons and now know what it’s all about. More on that later.

One positive thing that came from interacting briefly with law enforcement is the opportunity I had to show one of the officers the sign I was carrying. Hopefully with the added tape it’s legal for me to show, since I might have to expand my search for my lost Lego sign, considering who I suspect might be implicated.

If you’d like to donate to my multi-faceted GoFundMe ask, any amount helps. Even though I don’t have exact figures on cost, my impression is hiring PI Guys ain’t cheap.

Thanks for reading!

Author: Travis Mateer

I'm an artist and citizen journalist living and writing in Montana. You can contact me here: willskink at yahoo dot com

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